Reviews
of "Beautiful"
"Almost 40 now, Ms. Cho was less strident, less out to shock for the sake of it, and more outwardly happy than in the past....She was most at home when engaging the body, especially from the angle of identity politics...Ms. Cho seemed more comfortable in her skin than ever."
Dallas Morning News
"Some of the biggest laughs were unprintably raunchy (but none the less hysterical)."
Star-Telegram
Cho laid her dirty comedy on thick at the Orpheum Saturday night, and the near-capacity crowd ate it up. Cho was larger than life on the video screen above her - all the better to see her masterful facial expressions. She can contort her eyes, her mouth, even her nose into the funniest positions, whether she's imitating her mother imitating Julia Child or reenacting her horrified self..."
The Boston Globe
"...her latest tour, Beautiful, which on April 4 saw Cho return to the more honest and personal material that marked her earlier years....Cho seems to have re-embraced the best of what made her big in the first place."
Eye Weekly
"The sex-capade, and a subsequent tangent on pop culture divas...went over well with the packed audience, who was hooting and hollering its collective approval. Her political jabs, peppered throughout the show, were among her best and the show one of her consistently funniest."
Bay Windows
"Of course, it wasn't her beauty or lessons of being beautiful that captured the audience's attention of a nearly sold-out theater. It was her comical anecdotes on political issues such as Iraq, sex scandals, prostitution and immigration that induced the entire laugh-filled evening."
The Rebel Yell
"In a way, Beautiful is a return to I'm the One That I Want, the hit 1999 tour that marked her comeback from the failure of her sitcom, All-American Girl.....She made me uncomfortable, but she also got my attention. That's why Margaret Cho is so necessary. The sharpest comedy shows you the boundaries of your own tolerance, and pushes them.
After Ellen
Reviews of "The Sensuous Woman"
"While Cho’s ostensible message is a celebration of difference, you don’t feel hit over the head with this lesson—diversity is simply on display. “Funny” is the bottom line. There’s scarcely an act that isn’t as laugh-provoking as it is outré."
Timeout New York
"Margaret Cho’s burlesque-cum-variety act is worth every hoot and catcall, not only for her zinger-filled standup, but for the freewheeling sexual demagoguery of the whole enterprise."
NY Press
"Cho sparkles when she's alone on stage, providing her typically fierce observations about celebrities (Britney Spears gets a thumping), gay men and her own sex life. She looks more at home here than she ever has on stage..."
International Herald Tribune (AP)
"Ms. Cho has become a beloved figure in the gay world for her down-and-dirty comic style, and her resplendently nasty opening monologue will not disappoint fans."
New York Times
"Cho stars in several of the more risqué segments, as well as regaling the crowd with hilarious, politically inflected stand-up that promotes the idea that bodies of all shapes and sizes are beautiful."
Theater Mania
"Giddy, gaudy and quite gay, this raunchy variety show sparkles whenever headliner Margaret Cho is front and center, alternating her standup gab with outre versions of classic striptease routines."
Variety
"When Cho flashes that sunny grin after a self-abasing joke about oral sex, say, it plays as an ironic gloss, a feint to smooth over any awkwardness, which somehow only makes it funnier."
Newsday
"Unashamed, unabashed, and most importantly undieted, she uses her dance to once and for all assume public control over the image that once cost her both her health and her mid-1990s sitcom All American Girl, and one can’t help but be inspired by the personal liberty she’s developed and displays so willingly."
Talkin Broadway
(more)
"Almost 40 now, Ms. Cho was less strident, less out to shock for the sake of it, and more outwardly happy than in the past....She was most at home when engaging the body, especially from the angle of identity politics...Ms. Cho seemed more comfortable in her skin than ever."
Dallas Morning News
"Some of the biggest laughs were unprintably raunchy (but none the less hysterical)."
Star-Telegram
Cho laid her dirty comedy on thick at the Orpheum Saturday night, and the near-capacity crowd ate it up. Cho was larger than life on the video screen above her - all the better to see her masterful facial expressions. She can contort her eyes, her mouth, even her nose into the funniest positions, whether she's imitating her mother imitating Julia Child or reenacting her horrified self..."
The Boston Globe
"...her latest tour, Beautiful, which on April 4 saw Cho return to the more honest and personal material that marked her earlier years....Cho seems to have re-embraced the best of what made her big in the first place."
Eye Weekly
"The sex-capade, and a subsequent tangent on pop culture divas...went over well with the packed audience, who was hooting and hollering its collective approval. Her political jabs, peppered throughout the show, were among her best and the show one of her consistently funniest."
Bay Windows
"Of course, it wasn't her beauty or lessons of being beautiful that captured the audience's attention of a nearly sold-out theater. It was her comical anecdotes on political issues such as Iraq, sex scandals, prostitution and immigration that induced the entire laugh-filled evening."
The Rebel Yell
"In a way, Beautiful is a return to I'm the One That I Want, the hit 1999 tour that marked her comeback from the failure of her sitcom, All-American Girl.....She made me uncomfortable, but she also got my attention. That's why Margaret Cho is so necessary. The sharpest comedy shows you the boundaries of your own tolerance, and pushes them.
After Ellen
Reviews of "The Sensuous Woman"
"While Cho’s ostensible message is a celebration of difference, you don’t feel hit over the head with this lesson—diversity is simply on display. “Funny” is the bottom line. There’s scarcely an act that isn’t as laugh-provoking as it is outré."
Timeout New York
"Margaret Cho’s burlesque-cum-variety act is worth every hoot and catcall, not only for her zinger-filled standup, but for the freewheeling sexual demagoguery of the whole enterprise."
NY Press
"Cho sparkles when she's alone on stage, providing her typically fierce observations about celebrities (Britney Spears gets a thumping), gay men and her own sex life. She looks more at home here than she ever has on stage..."
International Herald Tribune (AP)
"Ms. Cho has become a beloved figure in the gay world for her down-and-dirty comic style, and her resplendently nasty opening monologue will not disappoint fans."
New York Times
"Cho stars in several of the more risqué segments, as well as regaling the crowd with hilarious, politically inflected stand-up that promotes the idea that bodies of all shapes and sizes are beautiful."
Theater Mania
"Giddy, gaudy and quite gay, this raunchy variety show sparkles whenever headliner Margaret Cho is front and center, alternating her standup gab with outre versions of classic striptease routines."
Variety
"When Cho flashes that sunny grin after a self-abasing joke about oral sex, say, it plays as an ironic gloss, a feint to smooth over any awkwardness, which somehow only makes it funnier."
Newsday
"Unashamed, unabashed, and most importantly undieted, she uses her dance to once and for all assume public control over the image that once cost her both her health and her mid-1990s sitcom All American Girl, and one can’t help but be inspired by the personal liberty she’s developed and displays so willingly."
Talkin Broadway
(more)
