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, ...

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

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 ...

Tacoma comedian Nate Jackson has TV credits, but his stand-up career has blown up in the past two years thanks to his crowd work “joints” on YouTube and clips on TikTok. On YT, 19 of his most popular ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

TikTok has a mixed record when it comes to comedy. The app helped launch the beloved Brian Jordan Alveraz—but also the controversial Matt Rife. Meanwhile, it has given rise to the 20-something ...

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 ...