Biography:This pretty, quirky performance artist has also branched out into more mainstream films and television. Arriving in New York in 1978, Magnuson co-founded Club 57, the neo-Dada cabaret, where she and her collaborators (such as Eric Bogosian and Joey Arias) made a name for themselves with their sly brand of comic social commentary--her tribute to Muzak, for instance, which was held in an elevator. Magnuson's one-woman shows played worldwide in the late 1970s and early 80s New York, an ...[Read Story]