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Los Angeles, CA – Margaret Cho  continues to be the must-see comedian-actress: she stars in Hulu's  EMMY nominated  rom-com movie - "Fire Island"  (People’s Choice Award, GLAAD Media Award, Dorian TV & Gotham Award winner) with SNL alum Bowen Yang, in Awkwafina’s  Nora From Queens  and with Iliza Shlesinger in Netflix's " Good on Paper."  

Most recently, Margaret stars in Netflix's " OUTSTANDING: A COMEDY REVOLUTION " docu and the Disney+ "Prom Pact" movie - watch trailer  HERE . Margaret was also part of Netflix's “ Stand Out Comedy Special”  and " Over The Moon " film with Ken Jeong & Sandra Oh which was nominated for both an Academy Award & a Golden Globe Award.  And, the cherry on the cake may be her inclusion in VOGUE Magazine’s “ 9 best female comedians of all-time’  alongside other comedic icons Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner and Wanda Sykes.  

Now, Margaret - the five-time Grammy and Emmy nominated comedian/actress who has been touring North America with her highly successful Live and LIVID! stand-up comedy show has added brand new 2024/2025 dates and  are on-sale  HERE .  

“Live and LIVID is a show celebrating my 40 years as a stand up comedian. I will be radiating rage about homophobia, sexism, racism and the fight to stay alive in a culture that is killing us daily. You will love seeing me Live and LIVID! This is living! Come through life! ”

“I’ve cycled through many names to get to Live and Livid. Absolutely Angry, Bitch and Bitchy, Count on this C***, but Live and LIVID seems to have a ring to it.” - says Cho.

Not enough Margaret for you? In addition to " Prom Pact " on Disney +, HBO Max's "The Flight Attendant" with Kaley Cuoco & Rosie Perez, "Hacks" with Jean Smart, " The L Word: Generation Q "on Showtime and Hulu's "Sex Appeal" w/Mika Abdalla & Paris Jackson, Cho has also appeared on NBC's long-running drama series " Law & Order:SVU " and stunned America by singing her way through season one of the wildly popular break-out hit show The Masked Singer. Additionally, Margaret was named one of Rolling Stone magazine's 50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time (Rolling Stone HERE ) while CNN chose her as one of the 50 People Who Changed American Comedy (CNN HERE ).

" The Notorious C.H.O.! Margaret is a jack of all trades and master of many. Whether conjuring the spirits of George Carlin, Joan Rivers or Lenny Bruce, she is committed to navigating the world of comedy and uniquely making it her own. Completely unapologetic about the life experiences that have shaped her path and journey to where she is today. These are just some of the reasons I love Margaret. " Wanda Sykes

“I was inspired by Margaret. I got my start in comedy because of Margaret.” When I was in medical school and being her opening act at university inspired me to do this full-time. I would always ask Margaret, ‘Should I quit being a doctor? Should I quit medicine?’ I was so tortured, and I know I annoyed her. And she was so patient with me and so loving. It was just like a sibling – and it got me through my own internal confidence crises.“Margaret really is a pioneer in so many ways. Every Asian-American comedian owes a debt of gratitude to Margaret. Also, when I developed my own show, Dr Ken, I had Margaret as my character’s sister for a reason.” Ken Jeong - Click Here

A pioneer amongst women in comedy, Margaret doesn’t take anything for granted as she continues to tackle difficult subjects with sensitivity and her razor sharp insight with her takes on addiction, abuse, activism and Asianness. It's all about the politics of disgust and what is disgusting about politics. Margaret has received many rave reviews for her live shows with the Chicago Tribune saying “ Be it on-screen (“30 Rock,” “Drop Dead Diva”) or on stage, Margaret Cho has been one of the most exciting, unpredictable stand-up comics working for some time, and that hasn’t changed. If anything, the Asian-American female comedian’s voice has become more valuable than ever, given today’s social climate, and Cho’s material remains just as compelling, thanks in part to—and sometimes in spite of—her unapologetic delivery.”

Live & LIVID! Tour Dates

1 & 2 - Blue Room - Springfield, MO

15 &16 - Mic Drop Comedy Club - San Diego, CA

21, 22, 23 -  Addison Improv -  Addison, TX

January 2025

24 & 25 - Brea Improv - Brea, CA

February 2025

28 and March 1 - Quezada's Comedy Club - Albuquerque, NM

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Margaret Cho: "Live and Livid is a show celebrating my 40 years as a stand up comedian. I will be radiating rage about homophobia, sexism, racism and the fight to stay alive in a culture that is killing us daily. You will love seeing me Live and Livid! This is living! Come through life!”

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Margaret Cho’s stand-up career started at age 14, when she won a comedy contest to open for Jerry Seinfeld in the early ‘90s. She soon moved to Los Angeles and, still in her twenties, hit the college circuit, where she became the most booked act in the market and garnered a nomination for “Campus Comedian of The Year.” She performed over 300 concerts within two years.

More than anything else, Margaret Cho is unconditionally, unapologetically herself. A comedian with more than a few albums and specials under her belt, Cho is the champion of debunking taboo subjects like sex, race, world politics, sexual orientation, and womanhood (to name a few) with her unabashed, sure-fire humor.

Career Highlights:  Nine comedy specials, two musical/comedy albums; star in off-Broadway "I’m The One That I Want" and historic TV show "All American Girl;" documentary #BeRobin, role on Lifetime's "Drop Dead Diva;" host of TLC’s "All About SEX;" cohost of E!'s "Fashion Police;" contestant on season 11 of "Dancing With the Stars" and "The Masked Singer;" and the winner of countless awards for comedy, acting, and her anti-racism, anti-bullying, homeless, and gay rights efforts.

She is ready to get back on the road in 2023. Don’t miss one night with Margaret Cho!

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Comedian. Actor. Musician. Advocate. Entrepreneur. Five-time Grammy and Emmy nominee.  Margaret Cho’s strong voice has been lighting the path for other women, other members of underrepresented groups, other performers, to follow.

Her recent television appearances – guest star on Season 2 of The Flight Attendant (HBO Max), guest star on Season 2 of Hacks (HBO Max) and two Netflix is a Joke comedy specials: Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration and Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live – have expanded an already wide-ranging career, and her role as the ‘mother hen’ in the well-reviewed movie Fire Island solidifies why we all love Margaret in the first place. As a comedian Margaret has been named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s 50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time, one of Vogue magazine’s Top 9 Female Comedians of all time, while CNN chose her as one of the 50 People Who Changed American Comedy.

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As a comedian, actor, musician, advocate, entrepreneur and five-time Grammy and Emmy nominee, Margaret Cho’s strong voice has been lighting the path for other women, members of underrepresented groups, and other performers to follow. As a comedian, Margaret has been named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s 50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time, one of Vogue magazine’s Top 9 Female Comedians of all time, and touted as one of the 50 People Who Changed American Comedy by CNN .

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Comedian. Actor. Musician. Advocate. Entrepreneur. Artist.

Just a few of the adjectives that describes Margaret Cho, a jack of all trades, master of many. When hasn’t Margaret and her voice been a part of our consciousness? It seems like she’s always been here, lighting the path for other women, other members of underrepresented groups, other performers, to follow. 

Margaret was born and raised in San Francisco, an experience that she can say with all sincerity helped to shape her world-view. “There were old hippies, ex-druggies, burnouts, drag queens, and Chinese people. It was a really confusing, enlightening, wonderful time.”

Right as she was starting her stand-up career at age 14, Margaret won a comedy contest to open for Jerry Seinfeld in the early ’90s. She soon moved to Los Angeles and, still in her twenties, hit the college circuit, where she became the most booked act in the market and garnered a nomination for “ Campus Comedian of The Year .” She performed over 300 concerts within two years. Arsenio Hall introduced her to late night audiences, Bob Hope put her on a prime time special and, seemingly overnight, Margaret Cho became a household name.

Her groundbreaking, controversial ABC sitcom,  All-American Girl  (1994) soon followed. Oddly, while ABC courted her because she was a non-conformist Korean American woman with liberal views, the powers-that-be decided Margaret should “tone it down” for the show. Although she was an Executive Producer, this would be a battle she could not win. The experience was a traumatic one, bringing up unresolved feelings left over from childhood; Despite all of her successes, feeling left out and alienated are subjects still near to Margaret’s heart. She has gladly become the “Patron Saint of Outsiders,” speaking for those who are not able to speak for themselves, and encouraging people to use their voice to promote change.

In 1999, her groundbreaking Off-Broadway one-woman show,  I’m The One That I Want ,  toured to national acclaim and was made into both a best-selling book and feature film of the same name. After her earlier experiences, she made sure she would control the distribution and sales of her film, an unusual move at the time.  I’m The One That I Want  received incredible reviews. In 2001, Margaret launched  Notorious C.H.O . , a smash-hit 37-city national tour that culminated in a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall.  Notorious C.H.O .,  hailed by the  New York Times  as “Brilliant,” was released as a feature film and aired on Showtime.

In March of 2003, Margaret embarked on her third sold-out national tour,  Revolution . It was heralded by the  Chicago Sun Times  as “Her strongest show yet” and the CD recording was nominated for a Grammy for Comedy Album of the Year . In 2005 she released  Assassin , with  The Chicago Tribune  stating “( Assassin ) packs passion in to each punch.”

In 2007, Margaret hit the road with Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and Erasure to host the  True Colors  tour, benefiting the Human Rights Campaign. An entertainment pioneer, she 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.

Margaret returned to television in 2008 with the VH1 series,  The Cho Show.  Describing it as a ‘reality sitcom,’ Margaret said at the time, “It’s the closest I’ve been able to come to what I do as a comic on TV.”

The aptly titled  Beautiful  tour came next, exploring the good, bad and ugly in beauty and the marketers who try to shape our world-view. The concert premiered in Australia at The Sydney Theater, marking the first time Margaret debuted a tour abroad. 

In 2009, Margaret nabbed a starring role in the comedy/drama series  Drop Dead Diva , which aired for six seasons on Lifetime.

Never one to shy away from a challenge, Margaret participated in Season 11 of  Dancing with the Stars  in 2010 .  Memorably, Margaret performed wearing a gay-pride-supporting rainbow dress during a time when the issue of suicides among gay youth was on the rise due to bullying. “I was very proud to have been able to wear a gay pride dress on a show that is so conservative” 

2010 culminated with another high honor, a second Grammy Award nomination for  Comedy Album of the Year  for  Cho Dependent , her incredibly funny music album. Featuring collaborations with Fiona Apple, Andrew Bird, Grant Lee Phillips, Tegan & Sara, Ben Lee and more, the album received critical acclaim, not only for the topics she tackled, but also for her musicianship. 

In 2011, Margaret released the live concert film of  Cho Dependent , which also had its cable network debut on Showtime. Shot at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA, the performance was characteristically no-holds-barred.

In 2012, Margaret spent whatever free time she had crafting her all new stand-up show, the uproarious  MOTHER ,  which   kicked off with both a US and European tour. According to Margaret, “ MOTHER   offered an untraditional look at motherhood and how we view maternal figures and strong women in queer culture.”

Margaret’s creative side moved full speed ahead with an Emmy nomination for  Outstanding Guest Actress  on  30 Rock, where she played Kim Jong II. 2015 also brought Margaret back to the stand-up stage with PSYCHO .  Called “wildly kinetic” by the  New York Times ,  PSYCHO  ended up being a sad prediction of our future. Said Cho at the time, “It’s about the insanity, the anger I feel about everything happening in the world, from police brutality to racism to the rising tide of violence against women.”

The five-time Grammy and Emmy nominee released her second studio album,  American Myth , earning her another Grammy nomination for  Best Comedy Album . In 2017,  Rolling Stone  magazine named her one of the  50 Best Stand-Up Comics , calling her “the sort of funny, sex-positive feminist and LGBT activist younger comics continue to look up to.” 

Her 2018  Fresh off the Bloat  tour is still going, even if Covid shuttered it down in 2020 .  When asked to describe how the show will evolve, she said, “When we go back out into a semblance of normal life, the show will take on everything that has happened while we were social distancing. It was a deep period of reflection where all comedians had to figure out how to live life without hearing laughter. It felt suffocating but also uplifting. I learned so much about myself and the world by staying still. I want to share the things I laughed at, alone, with the world.”  

2019 and 2020 saw Margaret jump back in to acting roles. She kicked off ’19 as the Poodle on the first Season of the wildly successful show  The Masked Singer  on FOX, appeared in a 2019 episode of  Law  &  Order :  SVU  and an episode of HBO’s critically acclaimed series  High Maintenance . In 2020, Margaret appeared in three films – she played a ruthless Hollywood movie studio exec in  Faith Based , “Fairy Gay Mother 1” in  Friendsgiving , starring Kat Dennings and Malin Akerman, and “Auntie Ling” in Netflix’s first major animated film,  Over the Moon , which  Vulture  called “one of the most gorgeous animated films ever made.” As if she wasn’t exercising that artistic muscle enough, she launched her own podcast, “The Margaret Cho,” where the first part is a chat with a celebrity friend you already know and the second part is with an up-and-coming artist you may not know yet.

With so much success in her creative life, Margaret still finds time to support the causes that are important to her. She is incredibly active in anti-racism, anti-bullying, and gay rights campaigns. She was the recipient of the Victory Fund’s Leadership Award, the first-ever Best Comedy Performance Award at the Asian Excellence Awards, the First Amendment Award from the ACLU of Southern California, and the Intrepid Award from the National Organization for Women (NOW). Margaret has been honored by GLAAD, American Women in Radio and Television, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), PFLAG and LA Pride, who gave Margaret a Lifetime Achievement Award for leaving a lasting imprint on the LGBT community. 

Margaret will also be honored by the  She Rocks Awards  in January, 2021.  The award credits women who display unique talent and leadership within the music industry. Previous award recipients include Melissa Etheridge, Pat Benatar, Suzi Quattro, Chaka Khan, Ronnie Spector and more. It seems only fitting that Margaret should start the new year alongside some other bad ass women.