EDGE Interview: Out Comic Tim Murray Rides a Broomstick for Touring Show

Almost immediately upon returning from a very successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, comedian Tim Murray hopped back on the broomstick for his current national tour of his critically acclaimed one-person show, "Tim Murray is Witches!" Part stand-up, part musical, "Witches" explores Murray's experience growing up gay in Ohio and how important his identification with witches became.

The LA-based comic began his career as an actor doing parody musicals in New York and London, as well as a couple of movies. But once he decided to get serious about his real love, stand-up comedy, he headed to LA where he has been working as a comic ever since. And like every successful working comic, Murray spends much of his time on the road.

With "Witches," he's a one-man tour operation from booker to sound, lights, promotion, and contract negotiations. Whether it's a beautiful theater like Miami's Arsht Center or the backroom of a gay bar in middle America, Murray is, in his words, "busting his ass," to make his dreams come true. And every time he steps on stage in green face makeup and full witch drag, Tim Murray knows that he's found his coven.

Recently EDGE had the chance to chat with the comic as he began the tour which ends of November 23 with a stop in Murray's hometown of Sandusky, Ohio. Upcoming dates include Denver (Sep 28), Miami (Oct 4), Tampa (Oct 6), Chicago (Oct 8&9), Louisville (Oct 11), Los Angeles (Oct 15), Boston (Oct 17), Philadelphia (Oct 19), Washington DC (Oct 24), Columbus (Oct 25), San Francisco (Oct 29), Provincetown (Nov 1&2), Atlanta (Nov 16), and Sandusky (Nov 23).

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