Sooner or later, the infestation of crowd work content and “heckler destroyed” videos that plagues modern comedy was bound to ...

A viral clip of comedian Ben Bankas unsuccessfully trying to provoke a silent audience member has ignited online ridicule and sparked discussion about the role of crowd work in stand-up comedy. The ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As the High Plains Comedy Festival returns for its 10th edition, Denver audiences can catch dozens of stand-up sets from 100 local and national comics, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stand-up comedy has a crowd work problem, and I don’t see it letting up any time soon. Crowd work used to be one of many tools of ...

The Chicago-born comic is performing a benefit show in Altadena as part of Netflix Is a Joke festival to raise money for ...

Comedian Nate Jackson's debut comedy special "Nate Jackson: Super Funny" premieres on Netflix July 8. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) There’s a reason Nate Jackson’s debut Netflix special ...

In stand-up comedy, crowd work is an important skill to have, especially when starting out at open mic nights. Matt Rife went viral for his crowd work on TikTok — especially among women. Some found ...

Work The Crowd is a comedy show unlike any other comedy in the Bay Area. The show is brand new to San Francisco. Comedians go up with no prepared material, ask the audience for suggestions, and work ...

About five minutes into Moshe Kasher’s first set at the Den Theatre on Saturday, he assured the audience, “I’ll do some material eventually.” He said it with a bit of self-deprecation. At that moment, ...

We could not be more thrilled and honored to have the Queen Of All Queens, Jinkx Monsoon, as the host of our 12th Annual Queerties Awards, set to queer Hollywood on March 12, 2024. Subscribe to our ...