One of my favorite people and my favorite TV Shows of all time, together on one night...I'm so in!
Emmy and Grammy Award-nominated actress, comedian, author and producer Margaret Cho will guest star in the record-breaking 21st season of “Law & Order: SVU.”
Cho will guest star as the manager of a massage parlor who’s swept up in a sex trafficking sting operation. The episode, titled “Counselor, It’s Chinatown,” will air in November.
An accomplished performer in all formats, Margaret Cho could be called the “Queen of all Media” having conquered the worlds of film, television, books, music and theatre. She has five Grammy Award nominations (two for music albums, “Cho Dependent” and “American Myth”) and one Emmy nod for her groundbreaking work on NBC’s “30 Rock.” Never one to shy away from a difficult or taboo topic, her socially aware brand of stand-up comedy has made her both a thought leader as well as a teacher to those with open minds and open hearts. 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.” Equally as important as her creative side is the causes she is passionate about. Margaret is widely recognized for her charitable work with gay rights and anti-bullying campaigns. In every segment of her life, Margaret is honest, forthright, passionate, uproarious and always entertaining.
Watch all-new episodes of “Law & Order: SVU,” the longest-running primetime drama in television history, Thursdays at 10 p.m. on NBC.
Five time Grammy & Emmy nominated comedian Margaret Cho has announced brand new spring dates to her wildly popular “Fresh Off The Bloat” tour which launched last fall.
Margaret was named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s 50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Timehttp://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/50-best-stand-up-comics-of-all-time-w464199?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=021417_16&utm_content=daily and has received rave reviews for the initial 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 in 2017. 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.”
“Fresh Off The Bloat” is certainly her sickest stand-up comedy show to date. 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. Aptly titled, “Fresh OffThe Bloat,” Margaret says, ““Fresh Off The Bloat” is my sickest show to date. My grandmother said "You look like bloated as if you've been found dead in a lake after several days of searching." Koreans are the most savage of all the Asians. My new show is all about being fresh off drugs and drinking and suicide and coming back to life - finally fished out of the river Styx. It's meta. It's magical. It's me.”
Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3 2 Shows nightly: Levity Live - West Nyack, NY Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10 2 Shows nightly: Tampa Improv – Tampa, FL Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17
Friday, April 20 andSaturday, April 21 2 Shows nightly : Addison Improv - Dallas, TX Sunday, April 22 Addison Improv - Dallas TX
Thursday, April 26,
Goodnight's Comedy Club - Raleigh, NC
Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 2 Shows nightly : Goodnight's Comedy Club - Raleigh, NC Friday, May 18 andSaturday, May 19 2 Shows nightly : DC Improv – Washington DC Thursday, May 31 Limestone Comedy Festival - Bloomington, IN Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2 2 Shows nightly : Helium Club - St. Louis
While Margaret Cho is most famous for her portrayal of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il on 30 Rock for which she received an Emmy Nomination. She has decided to take on portraying and slaying even more of them in her music video DICKtator which drops today. So many new videos on Tuesday December 1st results in red eye, in a good way, I always say. Margaret has something to say about it, hey you didn't think she wouldn't did you?! "Here's a fun song I did with Princess Superstar and C Fire Da Rambler. It struck me that we needed an apocalyptic battle rhymes song to deal with the news of the day. My friends and I played dictators through history and Andy my partner shot it all on our phones and edited it on my laptop. We laughed so much while making it and we hope you do too" - Margaret Cho Cheers, here's to you Donald Trump! Jump down to the video:
Friend and "Entertain Me" favorite the one the only Margaret Cho landed the coolest gig ever recently!
That's right Ms. Cho has landed the role of the administrator in the untitled Tina Fey and Matt Hubbard university comedy for FOX simply known as "Cabot College" read on peeps...
Fox's untitled Tina Fey and Matt Hubbard women's university comedy has found its administrator in a familiar face.
The comedy takes place at a women's college that has just opened its doors to men for the first time. 30 Rock Emmy nominee Margaret Cho has boarded the untitled comedy known as Cabot College.
Cho will play the series regular role of Laura Thibault, the president of Cabot College who made the difficult decision to admit men into the school. She's further described as a divisive figure on campus and does her best to be welcoming of the male freshmen but is often irritated by their antics.
Production on the comedy begins in March!
The casting marks a reunion for Cho with both Fey and Hubbard after the actress played Kim Jong-Il and his son, Kim Jong-Un. She earned a guest actress in a comedy Emmy nomination for the former role.
Margaret Cho is "Like A Virgin" nominated for the very first time, for an Emmy that is on NBC's "30 Rock" for her dead on comedic portrayal as North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il..... a favorite and friend to the blog here at "Entertain Me" it's about time Cho was nominated for her skills as a comedic actress and not just a comedian. Ms. Cho called in with this comment on her nomination....
"I'm so excited to have been nominated for an emmy, especially for 30 rock, which is an incredible show and also for playing a deranged and deceased world dictator who has divided the small country of my origin in two. That's the best part. I think that's what I'd call iron curtain irony" - Margaret Cho
Anyone who knows "The Cho" knows what a brilliant actress she can be, hey does anyone remember the great film "Face Off" directed by John Woo where she co-starred alongside John Travolta and Nicholas Cage as "Wanda"?
A toast to Margaret, here's hoping you win, Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!
It’s a Cho, Cho World - with season four of “Drop Dead Diva” already in full swing & her upcoming comedy tour “Mother” not to mention her too cool for school guest spot as Kim Jong Il on “30 Rock” Margaret Cho is in your face B!tches!
She even caught the attention of the Fred Phelps comedy troupe known as The Westboro Baptist Church, who called her a “Lying Pervert” uh, ok, we Cho fans already knew that, duh!
MS: Hi “Lying Pervert“.
MC: It’s true, when I read that I was kind of like, well, yes! I think that’s fine.
MS: The Westboro Baptist Church is so over the top, I find the the sh!t they say oddly funny.
MC: It’s really kind of flattering. Once they had a big picture of Elizabeth Taylor with the words “Fag Hag” underneath it. I thought it was just so flattering, some sort of signage for people who support gay rights, it’s really kind of amazing.
MS: BTW I watched the season four premiere of “Drop Dead Diva” you look like you are having a blast on that show!
MC: Yes, I have a really good time and I really love the cast. They are all really talented actors and we have really amazing guest stars all the time, which is a lot of fun. My favorite this year have been, Patty Duke…and I didn’t even get to meet Kim Kardashian, but I guess she is coming back soon, so hopefully I will get to see her. We’re always having all sorts of fun people drop in. It’s a great place to be for shooting “Drop Dead Diva“, Atlanta, GA, people are here everyday. Kathy Griffin just came through this past weekend and that was a lot of fun. It’s a cool place to be and being part of cast for four years and playing a character for four years is really great.
MS: The chemistry between the actors on the show rocks. I did watch the season four premiere before we spoke, Kim Kardashian wasn’t bad actually.
MC: She was good.
MS: Let's talk about your upcoming tour “Mother”.
Photo: Austin Young
MC: I have to put my tour schedule together for six months out of the year, because the other six months I am working on “Drop Dead Diva”. Every once in a while I’ll be able to get out and do a gig, but that’s pretty rare, finally I’m actually getting to go back out on the road. People have talked about my “Mother” impression all throughout my career, I wanted to do a show that was just, full on about her (laughs). It’s also about how I have become a “Mother” for the Queer community, I became a maternal figure within that context. This show is about my Mom, dedicated to Mom’s and about a Mom, which would be me I guess. (laughs)
MS: Do you ever want kids for real?
MC: No, no, I mean it is a possibility, it’s important to think, that even if I am not an actual “Mother” I still have to be there for Queer/LGBT young kids. You have to be there as an adult figure within the Queer community. We all have to do that it’s an important thing. In my generation I lost a lot of people that I looked up to in the Queer community. People that are “Generation X’ers” have to have much more of a parental influence to bridge that gap.
MS: There are plenty of people that I do that with. Since we were on the subject of Mom’s I had never really asked you if you wanted to become one, so I had to go there.
MC: You sort of become one by default, in the sense that when you age and get older you just become a kind of a “Mother” even if you don’t literally have child, you have one, we all do.
MS: I caught your guest stint on “30 Rock” as North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il, you played a guy, but it really worked.
MC: Oh yeah, it was insane because I looked just like him. When I went outside, I was standing there in the bald cap and the wig…I got cruised by this hot older Bear. He thought I was a hot young Asian Bear, I’m like: “ I just got “Bear Cruised” - but I could not follow through on it exactly because I am sure he did not know I was a woman. (laughs)
MS: Yeah, I did not recognize it was you right off.
MC: It’s so crazy how much I look like him, it’s really scary.
MS: Tina Fey said it was one of her proudest moments on the show, having you on as Kim Jong Il, how cool is that?
MC: I really love her and am so proud to have been on the show and have played that character, I am actually North Korean. To be from there and to be isolated from my family because of this dictator, and to be able to make fun of him is a great thing, but it is also pretty sad too, it’s a weird situation.
MS: When he died what were your thoughts?
MC: I was hoping there would be some sort of a change, that it would be time for that country to open up, but that hasn’t happened obviously it has gotten a bit worse. There is less contact, less communication and less scrutiny.
MS: How’s your music going?
MC: I will be doing some music on “Drop Dead Diva” this year.
MS: Very cool!
MC: Also I am so excited to go out on tour as well!
MS: Out of everything you do is touring your favorite?
MC: Touring is and will always be my favorite job! I really love stand-up.
Margaret Cho is not a “Lying Pervert” keep up with her at: www.margaretcho.com
MARGARET
CHO RETURNS TO “DROP DEAD DIVA” FOR SEASON 4 PREMIERE ON JUNE
3
MARGARET
SET TO REPRISE HER ROLE AS
KIM JONG IL ON “30
ROCK” MAY 17 AND 24
MARGARET’S BRAND NEW STAND UP SHOW CALLED
“MOTHER” KICKS OFF THIS SUMMER
“CHO DEPENDENT” DVD AVAILABLE
NOW
Los
Angeles, CA - May 2012 - Margaret Cho
is
gearing up for one of her busiest year’s yet.
On tap for 2012 is Cho’s return to Lifetime Television’s Drop
Dead Diva, premiering June 3rd, a reprise of her role as Kim
Jong Il on NBC’s Season Finale of 30 Rock, a hosting gig on her new
show airing on the Food Network this fall, a brand new
summer tour of intimate venues beginning August 11th in P-Town, Cape
Cod and various other TV appearances.
Cho
is back as “Teri” on the dramedy hit show Drop Dead Diva, now entering its fourth
season. Drop Dead Diva is not only beloved on
Lifetime, but by the many stars who have queued up to guest on the show,
including Paula Abdul, Wanda Sykes,
Rosie O’Donnell, Vivica Fox and Cybil Shepard.
Season four’s line-up includes Brandy Norwood, Kim Kardashian, Serena
Williams and John Ratzenberger among many other surprises.
In
addition to Diva, Cho is set to
appear on 30 Rock’s May 17 episode as well as the Season
Finale, bringing back her hilarious gender-bending interpretation of North
Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Cho-as-Il
kidnapped Jack Donaghy’s (Alec Baldwin) new wife Avery (Elizabeth Banks), and
seems to have made her his First Lady. How this will play out since the
real-life dictator’s demise last December is anyone’s guess, but look for Cho to
play TWO characters in the same episode.
Margaret
is also confirmed to make guest appearances on CNN Showbiz Tonight, Monday, May 28, Watch What Happen’s Live with Andy
Cohen on May 29, The View on
June 1, Chelsea Lately on June 4 and
The Talk on July 30.
Along
with her acting roles, Margaret can be seen as host on the upcoming reality show
Blind Dinner Party, airing this fall
on the Food Network. Seven strangers, from totally different backgrounds, with
very dissimilar views, come together to dine at what can best be described as
the most dysfunctional family dinner you’ve ever seen.
Margaret mediates this
experiment where viewers will find out if food can become a common denominator
amongst very diverse people.
Not
one to idle, Margaret is going to be kicking off her brand-new stand up show
bringing audiences her unflinching brand of comedy called MOTHER. MOTHER
offers up an untraditional look at motherhood and how we look at maternal
figures and strong women in queer culture.
It’s probably her edgiest show to date, filled with riotous observations
on race, drugs, sexuality – gay-straight-everything in between, celebrity,
culture, politics – nothing is sacred-least of all this MOTHER.
Me & Margaret Cho
MOTHER
will
be an intimate club & theatre tour beginning in August. First stop: The Art House in Provincetown,
for a weeklong stint of up close and personal shows. The tour will continue into the fall, with
all dates posted on http://www.margaretcho.com/
Also
on Margaretcho.com are the most sincere, fiery and laugh-out-loud funny blogs
you will find on the Internet. A must-read not only on her website, but as a
three times weekly download from the Kindle Store, readers find out a lot about
what’s going on in the mind of Margaret Cho via her insightful blog posts. Her
blogs are not only funny, but also smart and perceptive. Download them here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006M4WWMM
and here: http://www.margaretcho.com/category/blog/.
If
you still need a little more Margaret to get through the hot summer months,
don’t forget to check out her latest DVD Cho
Dependent . Written, directed
and produced by Margaret, Cho
Dependent is her 6th live concert DVD. Shot
at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA, the DVD shares the same name as her Grammy
nominated comedy album. The Cho
Dependent DVD features songs from the album interwoven into the thought
provoking stories she tells.
Mother
Tour dates
August
08/11/12 - 08/18/12
Provincetown, MA The Art House
Complete Fall Tour schedule to
be announced in June.
