This Monday, USC’s Bing Theatre was packed with students, alumni and local community members alike in anticipation of “Making Love with David Magidoff,” one of many comedy shows in a series for Magidoff in his signature style combining improv, music performance and celebrity interviews.

The show was jam-packed with comedy, music and celebrity guests. Love in all its forms, as the show name suggests, was the overarching theme of the night.

Excitement for the show was high, fueled by anticipation to see some of the huge stars that would be featured players throughout the night, such as Oscar Nuñez, who played Oscar Martinez in “The Office,” and Timothy Simons, who has gained recognition for his roles in “Veep” and “Nobody Wants This.”

“I’m a big fan of comedy and live events in general,” said Izzy Balderrama, a freshman majoring in public relations and advertising. “I’ve also seen ‘Nobody Wants This’ and ‘The Office,’ so seeing those two headliners is really exciting.”

Student a cappella group Troy Tones opened the show with renditions of “Wings” by Little Mix, “Rhiannon” by Fleetwood Mac and “We Will Rock You” by Queen.

Maginoff himself then came to the stage to a huge round of applause and welcomed Grammy-winning musical artist Lisa Loeb.

“I feel like we need a song about hope and positivity and light,” Loeb said, before singing her song “Shine,” captivating the audience with her vocals and guitar performance.

The first comedy performer, Brit Barron, performed a witty stand-up routine centered on gentrification, a shift in attitudes towards drugs since the ’90s and her concerns about names.

“Part of me wants to talk to the parents of Dick Van Dyke,” Barron said.

After Barron’s set, Magidoff returned to seemingly do a set of his own, only to be interrupted by Calum Worthy, an actor known for his appearances on “Austin & Ally” and “Reboot,” who came on stage dressed head-to-toe with USC merch, tags still on.

“I’m wearing this t-shirt. I’ve got this visor on. I’m $90,000 in student debt,” Worthy said.

Magidoff then invited Simons, and the two had a hilarious conversation about love, in which Simons shared a story of an embarrassingly bad date and the journey of his relationship with his wife, Annie.

Matt Jones of “Breaking Bad,” Michaela Watkins of “Hacks” and Magidoff joined them in an improvised performance of Simon’s love story, accompanied by musician and composer Ryan Lott on the keys. Magidoff played up Simon’s Maine accent, and the crowd loved Watkins’ foul-mouthed performance.

“I feel like I was broadly misrepresented,” Simon said jokingly after the act.

The final comedy star was Nuñez, who recently starred in the new “The Office” spinoff, “The Paper.” Nuñez told an embarrassing story of a trip to London with his wife, Ursula Whittaker, and how his proposal to her went awry in New York. Nuñez was interrupted twice when Whittaker herself came on stage to clarify and share her side of the story, which the audience loved.

The show ended with a series of improvisational musical performances based on Nuñez’s stories, led by Magidoff alongside Kimberly Condict of “Shrinking” and Matt Cook of “Champions” (2023). They were joined by a live band that improvised three different stories with singing.

“That was just really incredible, how they were able to just create songs so quickly,” said alum Kaitlin Weichsel, an attendee who is also a musician and songwriter. “I was really also impressed by David’s falsetto.”

For Weichsel, it was extra special to see Magidoff, who is also her former classmate.

“[The show was a] great reason to come back to the campus, see how much of it’s changed … [it’s] just really great to support each other over the years, be reinspired and all of that,” Weichsel said.

The improv was interspliced by witty and moving spoken word performances by artist Propaganda, who based a piece on Nuñez and Whittaker’s experiences in London, and poet Arielle Estoria, who performed an emotional piece about love and its intricacies.

The show ended with Magidoff and Condict reenacting a proposal, emphasizing the theme of the show and reminding the audience of the importance of love and relationships — and how funny love can be.

“I love the incorporation of the musicians. Seamless comedy, improv, with vocals and musicianship is pretty cool,” said Gabriel Cushing, an audience member who attended the performance. “[The] comedy was great. The guest stories were awesome, thoroughly enjoyable.”