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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a new special rolling out on Netflix, the 28-year-old comic also dishes on his new memoir and the workplace gym comedy he's hoping to write and star in for the streamer. By Lacey Rose ...