Spotlight on ‘Sex Tips’ playwright Matt Murphy
The first U.S. licensed production of Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man opens at Lab Theater in Fort Myers with a half-price preview on Thursday, October 23. It is the creative product of New York playwright Matt Murphy, who will be in town for Friday night’s official opening.
Off-Broadway’s longest-running comedy, Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man is now an internationally-recognized brand with productions opening all over the world, a North American tour, and an open-ended production at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and 
Casino.
Matt’s other Broadway and Off-Broadway producing credits include the Tony Award-Winning musical Memphis, Thurgood starring Laurence Fishburne, Impressionism starring Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons, Altar Boyz, and the critically-acclaimed musical Side Show. Matt also conceived of and produced the original musical Virtually Me!, which was praised by educators and profiled by Fox News for encouraging students to work together to stop cyber-bullying.
Matt’s hit family musical, The Berenstain Bears LIVE!, has been touring throughout the United States and Canada since 2008.
In addition to his 
work as a playwright and producer, Matt founded and is president of Marquee Merchandise, which creates and manages merchandising and concessions for Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring shows. Marquee Merchandise is also the proud owner and operator of BroadwayStore.com, 
an online shopping center for all things Broadway.
October 20, 2019.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.