Silo Theatre's ambitious season opening is an all-too-rare opportunity to see the work of an African-American playwright on the Auckland stage.

It's still the most famous cabaret show in the world, and has been since the 1890s, but is it any good? P.K. Stowers spends a night at the Moulin Rouge.

Darren Criss rocketed to teen idol status by playing a gay high school heartthrob. Leena Tailor talks to the ascending star about 'living the dream'

The play Mary Stuart brings Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots face-to-face, as played by two of our own leading ladies.

When most successful actors thank their mums for helping their careers, few are as literal as Ben Stiller.

Dressing actors for Auckland Theatre Company's period piece Mary Stuart doesn't mean slavish adherence to Tudor fashion.

As people relaxed at Easter weekend, Michael Sheen endured incarceration in a police cell, slept rough up a mountain and was crucified, then resurrected in front of hundreds of onlookers.

When it comes to celebrating the music of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, who better to sing his praises - and a number of his fabulous songs - than New Zealander Delia Hannah whose star has soared thanks to his shows?

Kerri Jackson visits Wellywood and finds a film star making a glamorous comeback.

She's probably best known for playing a floozy, boozy nurse on Shortland Street. But since quitting the soap two years ago, Toni Potter has returned to being one of Auckland's best theatre actresses.

Modern parable on dangers of technology explores the father-son dynamic, writes Stephen Jewell.