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

Discover What’s Streaming On: Eventually, on the feed of every social media app are clips of popular comedians doing some crowd work, but your favorite comic’s favorite crowd-working comic is veteran ...

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 ...

Dallas-based stand-up comedian Raj Sharma, a fixture on North Texas stages for more than two decades, died Friday. He was 50.

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 Matt Rife has a wild full-circle story time moment with the audience in Denver! Matt shows off his crowd work and improv skills with this heartwarming flirtatious roast. Matt Rife is a ...

Jim Gaffigan, Ilana Glazer, and Roy Wood Jr., each about to tell a joke, at Hulu’s Hularious event in New York City on December 3. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images “I ...

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 ...