Stars are about to shine at Auckland's annual cabaret spectacular, says Dionne Christian.

Opera singer, musical theatre star and Harley Davidson fan Helen Medlyn is a biker nun.

Divine discotheque circus keeps singer Marcia Hines on her toes.

The leading ladies of the hit musical are here for the New Zealand tour and one's a Kiwi.

Matilda - The Musical means a family reunion for one of its star and NZ opera boss.

Dionne Christian talks to the man who put the music and lyrics into Matilda the Musical.

If La La Land wasn't quite enough of a musical for you, there's good news in store.

High-energy production captures the boundless optimism of the era.

Tuesday's Academy Awards announcement netted the musical 14 nominations.

A group of tipsy women disrupted a performance of hit Aussie musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert this week.

The latest Priscilla, Queen of the Desert bus has a global passenger list, writes Stephen Jewell.

Jodie Dorday talks about how a call out of the blue saw her abandoning life in Indonesia for the Auckland theatre.

Their combined ages are just 29, but already Quinn Bevan, Lukas Maher and Joshua Rose are entertainment industry veterans.

Tickets go on sale on Friday for Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and West Side Story, two of the world's most popular musicals.

Home and Away actor Ray Meagher says he's counting the days until he reprises his role as Bob the mechanic in the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Ariana Grande will fulfil a life-long dream of playing Penny Pingleton in a "Hairspray" television series.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is planning a musical based on the love match between Seretse Khama, who became Botswana's first President, and Ruth Williams, a white English woman.

The stage musical of the 1983 dance film takes itself too seriously.

This production, like a couple of other traditional-style Auckland Theatre Company shows this year, falls rather flat - and it's not just the off-key singing.

One of our finest acting and directing talents turns his attention to the classic musical Guys and Dolls. By Dionne Christian

As the Japanese logo is brought to life for a global touring show, Julia Llewellyn Smith discovers the amazingly far-ranging appeal of the squeaky clean "cat".

With Cats returning to Auckland, Eli Orzessek takes a wander down memory lane and talks to one of the stars of the show.

The 1995 iconic cult teen movie - which will be celebrating its 20th anniversary next month - is being brought to the Broadway stage by the director of the original movie.

In 1973 the gender-bending musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show pushed the boundaries of good taste - now it is still being staged across the world.

In reimagining Jesus and the Apostles as a rock band, director Oliver Driver delivers a hot mess; it's sometimes excellent, writes Janet McAllister.