Tim Murray is WITCHES!
Tim Murray is WITCHES!
5 star reviews from Broadway Baby, Broadway World, Entertainment Now, North West End.
"Some of the best crowd work I've ever seen" -Theatre Travels
"A laugh riot" -Playbill
"A masterclass in entertainment" -EdFest Mag
"Genuinly one of the most fun hours I've had" -BroadwayWorld
"Bound to be a hit" -Entertainment Now
"Who?" - Idina Menzel
Tim Murray, who brings his spooky debut comedy hour ‘Witches!’ to the Underbelly Dairy Room for the month of August. The show is a mix of stand up and original comedy songs about his favorite pop culture WITCHES! Murray is like a gay Bo Burnham, but painted green and doing drag!
In Witches! Murray uses hilarious personal stories about growing up a closeted, yet feminine boy, who tried hard to pass as straight to avoid being burned at the stake. He will have you howling at the moon, cackling at his jokes, and crying (but hopefully not melting).
The show is a tribute to LGBTQia people and how we discover our magic once we find our coven. Murray speaks to the many queer people who feel like we have to hide ourselves to fit in and how our powers grow stronger once we find our queer family.
From ‘The Craft’ to ‘Wicked’ to the ‘Sanderson Sisters’ to ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ and Angelica Houston's ‘Grand High Witch,’ Murray celebrates famous sorceresses throughout herstory and uses their stories as a parallel to the queer witch hunt.
His songs include "I Wanna Be Witches" which is about pretending to be superheroes with straight boys growing up but turning all his characters into witches and "I Hate Kids" - where he highlights how he has felt like a 40-year-old-woman since he was 8 years old and has hated children since he was one himself! He also has a song called ‘Dr. Dillamond’s Lament’, in which the forgotten character from the musical Wicked reveals a deep secret in a show stopping number.
As an actor Murray can be seen currently on ‘The Other Two’ on Prime video and the film Swan Song starring Jennifer Coolidge. He is also all over TikTok with his viral sketch comedy videos, including his popular series “Every Conversation In LA” and touring the USA with his comedy buddy Michael Henry.
Murray has performed stand-up all over the U.S. including SF Sketchfest, The Brooklyn Comedy Festival and DragCon. He has been a regular on the Las Culturistas LIVE podcast episodes and his podcast Slumber Party is on iHeart radio.
He was part of the original cast of 50 Shades the Musical Off-Broadway (New York Times' Critics Pick), Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody Off-West End, and his new sketch comedy TV show ‘Wish You Were Queer’ produced by Trixie Mattel will debut in 2024.
The Den Theatre is pleased to host Tim Murray is WITCHES! on October 8-9, 2024 at 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood.
Tickets are available at thedentheatre.com or by calling (773) 697-3830.
