Margaret Cho Launches “Assassin” Tour

Margaret Cho has announced she will return to the concert stage this spring, slaying audiences nationwide with her brand new one-woman show Assassin. Assassin features fresh doses of Cho’s always ground-breaking, controversial and hilarious brand of humor. Says Margaret, “It’s a raw interpretation of what’s happening daily in our ever-evolving or devolving state of the union.” Indeed, the show itself will change as events of the day unfold but it will include some of the crowd pleasing routines from her critically acclaimed, Fall 2004, State of Emergency Tour, that kicked off at The Apollo Theatre (The New York Times called it “Murderously Funny!”) then visited swing states prior to the election.

In addition, Bam Bam & Celeste, a movie written by and starring Margaret and Bruce Daniels is currently in production. A late 2005 release is expected. In 1999, Margaret’s groundbreaking smash-hit one-woman show I’m The One That I Want played off Broadway, toured the country, and became a best selling book and a feature film that grossed more per print than any film in history ($1.4 million with only nine prints). 2001 marked the launch of a 37 city tour for Cho’s second show, Notorious C.H.O. Notorious C.H.O. culminated with a concert at Carnegie Hall which was taped for a double-sided CD release in 2002 and a second feature film. In 2003, Margaret’s Revolution tour grossed over 4 million in ticket sales, played in over 60 cities. The CD version was nominated for a Grammy and the DVD sold 100,000 units within 2 months of release.

Great protectors of the First Amendment like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin have paved her way, but Margaret has a distinctive, individualistic, and ultimately empowering personal voice. She has remained a one-of-a-kind artist because she has always insisted on being herself and has resisted being made-over by the mainstream media. Her audience is huge and underserved – gays and lesbians, Asians, women, people of color, college students, comedy fans, and basically anyone who has ever felt invisible.

Margaret was recently honored by the ACLU of Southern California with their First Amendment Award and by the National Organization for Women (NOW) with the 2003 Intrepid Award. She also has been recognized by GLAAD, Lambda Legal, the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) for making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender identity.