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Star duo, Stevens join hall of fame

Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens join US Country Hall of Fame.

Janet Frame's modern make-over is a fitting tribute

Response to Janet Frame's remarkable book electrifies.

Utter enchantment to be found at the orchestra

Regarded as one the most hypnotic pieces, did Ravel's Bolero live up to expectations?

Theatre review: Cast shines in latest collaboration with Walking Dead star

Half of the Sky delivers a full, heart-warming evening of life-affirming theatre.

NZ opera stars shine in dark and ghostly tale

The Turn of the Screw is gripping and unsettling, Gothic opera at its best.

Local lives given the glitz of musical theatre

A home-grown musical packs an emotional punch as local lives go under the spotlight.

Notorious Hollywood hustler dies at 96

Scotty Bowers, sexual procurer for Hollywood's closeted stars, dies at 96.

The life and lonely death of the pilot rejected for being gay

Squadron Leader Peter Rule was an exemplary officer - then his secret was discovered.

Just a small town boy - New Zealand's Broadway star comes home

Maungaturoto to Broadway - the remarkable success story of panelbeater's son Hayden Tee.

Kura Forrester: Half of the Sky

Kura Forrester on the place she goes to become a better actor.

The book that belongs in every New Zealand home

New book exposes more about the intriguing life and times of painted Colin McCahon.

Did Zach Galifianakis just make Netflix's worst comedy? Yes.

Karl Puschmann wonders what's worse; Between Two Ferns lack of laughs or lack of ambition.

Dance review: sold out crowds show love for indigenous dance

Hungry for more: Tempo Dance Festival continues to draw enthusiastic 2nd week crowds.

Punk hero Amanda Palmer headlining Auckland Arts Fest

The former Dresden Dolls frontwoman will perform her '"wickedly naughty" new show.

Mahler, Kafka, Gershwin, Freud, Einstein, Proust: Why were so many trailblazers Jewish?

Jews made up less than 0.002% of the world's population, but greatly influenced the arts.

Wonderland exhibition 'sensory overload'

Melissa Nightingale takes a journey down the rabbit hole in a sneak peak of Wonderland.