The New Faces of Comedy has taken up the reins from the Laff Stopยs open-mike night. (If you didn’t get the memo, the legendary club closed last December.) “The comedy scene needs some hope and change,” says Chase Dorousseau, a local open-miker/Houston’s Funniest Person of 2008. And apparently that change can’t take place just anywhere. “You can put lipstick on an open mike that takes place in a bar, but it’s still a bar. This open mike is taking place in a comedy club…the best one in Houston,” says the employee of said establishment. How will the show be any different from the Laff Stop’s? “Less shitty comics smoking weed next to the elevator,” he says. 8 p.m. Houston Improv, 7620 Katy Freeway. For information, call 713-333-8800 or visit www.improvhouston.com. Free.
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This article appears in May 27 – Jun 2, 2010.