“Next time you see some haters in my comments saying, ‘All he does is crowd work, it’s so easy’ — is it?!” the comedian Matt Rife asks his audience. The 28-year-old social media star has clearly ...

Shortly after becoming the youngest stand-up comedian in history to sell out the Hollywood Bowl during the second installment of Netflix is a Joke in May, Matt Rife’s tireless pursuit of success ...

Comedian Matt Rife is returning to Netflix with his second special for the streamer this week, this time focused entirely on crowd work. Who knows what “Lucid” will be? Well, you might have an idea if ...

Comedian Matt Rife goes off-script in a wild stand-up moment, riffing on a 6'7" audience member with Mexican, German, and Black heritage. The crowd loses it as Rife dives into ancestry, accents, and a ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Netflix has released the trailer for Matt Rife's new comedy special. In ...

Rife is not the first stand-up to source an entire act from spontaneous reactions to his own paying audience. (A decade ago, Todd Barry conducted an entire tour with no prepared bits, synthesizing the ...