Leave Your Self-Esteem at the Door

Todd Barry wants to make fun of you, and you should let him. Here’s why: He’s moving away from the traditional stand-up routine and exercising his crowd work skills in his most recent tour, the appropriately named “Todd Barry: The Final Crowd Work Tour.” He’s done this before, and he’s...

By Paige Skinner

April 24, 2014

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Todd Barry wants to make fun of you, and you should let him. Here’s why: He’s moving away from the traditional stand-up routine and exercising his crowd work skills in his most recent tour, the appropriately named “Todd Barry: The Final Crowd Work Tour.” He’s done this before, and he’s pretty damn good at it. In fact, it went so well he decided to try to make a special out of it. One of Barry’s most famous comedic friends, Louis C.K., proposed the idea of airing it on his website. And bada bing, bada boom, you can now watch Barry interact with and poke fun at his audience members (mostly poking fun, though) for just $5 on louisck.net. Or you can just travel to Sons of Hermann Hall and actually be a part of the poking and action yourself. The show is at 8 p.m. Friday and tickets are $14.
Fri., April 25, 8 p.m., 2014

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