"This summer, Austin has struggled with a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, a dark turn right as many in the local entertainment industry had expected things to get back to normal. However, leaders and performers at Austin comedy institutions — including Esther’s Follies, ColdTowne Theater, Moontower Comedy Festival and Cap City Comedy Club, which shuttered last September and is reopening at the Domain this fall — say live comedy is alive and well, even if there have been some big changes."