Margaret Cho burst onto the scene in 1994 with her sitcom "All American Girl," and has since become one of the most prolific and critically acclaimed comedians of our time. In 1999 her groundbreaking one-woman show, "I’m The One That I Want," chronicled her legendary struggles on the sitcom, and became a best selling book and a concert film that grossed more per print than any film in history. Her 2001 "Notorious C.H.O." tour culminated in a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall, and in 2004, the CD of her "Revolution" tour was nominated for a Grammy. In 2005, Cho took her "Assassin" tour through the US, Canada and Australia. A revamp of her politically charged "State of Emergency" tour of the swing states of the 2004 Presidential election (hailed as "Murderously Funny!" by the New York Times), "Assassin" was her most political and topical work to date.
In 2007, Margaret hit the road with 80’s legends Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry & Erasure along with indie faves The Dresden Dolls and The Cliks to host the "True Colors Tour," benefiting the Human Rights Campaign. A true entertainment pioneer, Margaret also created and starred in "The Sensuous Woman," a live variety show featuring vaudevillian burlesque and comedy, which she took for an extended off-Broadway run last fall.
This year Margaret returned to her stand-up roots with a brand new tour, "Beautiful," which premiered in Australia at The Sydney Theater in February. This was the first time Margaret debuted a tour abroad, and she was honored to be named Chief of the 30th annual Sydney Mardi Gras Parade while down under! After returning to the US, Margaret embarked on a nationwide spring tour of “Beautiful,” and is proud to announce that the tour has just been extended through the fall!
Thirteen years after her catastrophic foray into television, Margaret is triumphantly returning to TV on her own terms, in her new Vh1 series, “The Cho Show.” Describing it as a ’reality sitcom,’ Margaret says, "It’s the closest I’ve been able to come on television to what I do as a comic." “The Cho Show” follows Margaret, her real parents, and her eccentric entourage, through a series of irreverent and outrageous experiences, shaped by Margaret’s ’anything goes’ brand of stand-up. “The Cho Show” airs on Vh1, Thursdays at 11/10c and premieres on Aug 21.
Margaret was the recipient of the first ever Best Comedy Performance award at the 2007 Asian Excellence Awards. She has also been honored by GLAAD, AWRT, Lambda Legal, the NGLTF, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), the National Organization for Women (NOW), the ACLU, and PFLAG for "making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender identity."
music
Stripper songs like "The Stripper" and "You Shook Me All Night Long"
movies
Women in Love
tv shows
I like those Korean people on Lost.
Website
www.margaretcho.com
Other Artists
david bowie, crowded house, missy elliott, patty griffin, tegan and sara, snoop, flight of the conchords, jon brion, grant lee phillips, jill sobule, amanda palmer, ben lee, susie suh, the new pornographers, the black keys, prince, ani difranco, weird al, the white stripes, garrison starr, ryan adams, rachel yamagata, public enemy, bjork, sting, broken social scene, the stars, sean lennon, the dresden dolls, the cliks, cyndi lauper, the b-52s, the gossip, rufus wainright, peaches
