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 ...

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, ...

Matt Rife does his crowd work magic at the Comedy Store In Los Angeles. This bit includes the LA fires, gun violence, dating advice and so much more! Matt Rife is an American comedian and actor from ...

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 ...

Since its launch in 2018, Dropout (formerly CollegeHumor) has quickly become one of the most popular subscription comedy platforms. Dropout presents independent, ad-free, uncensored comedy producing ...

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

For Matt Rife‘s second crowd work special for Netflix, they’ve decided to go the holiday theme route, so everything is coming up Christmas as the comedian asks his audience members to share stories of ...

Comedian Jessica Kirson can look at an audience, pick people out and spin it into material right on the spot. Comics call it "crowd work," but for Kirson it’s second nature. Nassau County resident ...