Everyone who loves theatre may feel like cheering the return of live performance, but the crew at Summer Stock Austin will be doing it for real when they return to the stage this week.

The performing arts program of the University of Texas this week warned theater-goers to beware of any third-party vendors now purporting to sell tickets to this winter's limited run of the smash-hit Lin-Manuel Miranda show, which will return to Bass Concert Hall from Dec. 7-19.

Broadway in Austin is offering tips for securing legitimate tickets.

Tchaikovsky's 129-year-old ballet is reimagined as a holiday dance spectacle in The Hip Hop Nutcracker, hitting the road for a seventh season.