Where: Rudyard s, 2010 Waugh
Details: $5; rudyardshtx.com
When: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26
Where: Secret Group, 2101 Polk
Details: $20; thesecretgrouphtx.com
While the top-tier comics have revenue from streaming specials, the comics who relied on the gig economy have struggled, akin to independent musicians, over the past nine months.Stages were shut down. The Improv, a franchise with more than 20 clubs nationwide, is operational in Houston, with shows booked through December and into January. But the smaller clubs have been more cautious.
“I wasn’t inclined to go out at all,” Freeman says. “But they have strict rules here, they put you at ease.”