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. Comedian Nate Jackson's debut comedy special "Nate Jackson: Super Funny" premieres on Netflix July 8. (Christina House / Los ...

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 ...

Max Amini has built a global following with crowd-work videos. But the Iranian American’s mix of silliness and political points about Iran land oddly.

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 ...

It was a moment that could have ended the night for a lesser stand-up comic. Comic and actor Nate Jackson was on the stage of his Super Funny Comedy Club in Tacoma, joking with audience members, ...

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 ...

For a full hour at The Comedy Zone in Charlotte, North Carolina, Matt Rife relied solely on his audience to keep his show afloat. The comedian spent the duration of his set engaging with the crowd, ...

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 ...

With the emergence of streaming, Instagram, social media and many other modern ways technology has effected things, in the world of comedy, like any other profession, there are positives and negatives ...