John Milton News

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale has announced its lineup for The Power of Music—its first season curated by newly appointed Music Director Peter Whelan.

Ani has a problem. Well, two problems, but they are on very friendly terms: she’s addicted to hardcore porn and her boyfriend Liam has had enough of seeing it when they're in bed. She doesn’t care so she cums, he goes, and - even before the door slams - she’s back on her phone scrolling through an endless feed of videos.

Rubicon Theatre Company will present a special benefit reading of The Journals of Adam & Eve—a hilarious and thought-provoking new comedy from 9-time Emmy Award-winner Ed. Weinberger. Learn how to attend.

Moonbox Productions has selected seven original plays by local playwrights for its 4th Annual Boston New Works Festival. Moonbox will host the 2025 Boston New Works Festival June 26th – 29th at the Boston Center for the Arts.

In a season where theatres are filled with the usual hoary horde - here a Christmas Carol, there a Nutcracker or Messiah - the Royal Opera House deserves praise and maybe even a standing ovation for bringing back its Yuletide hit from 2022. Ben Duke’s Ruination (a co-production between the Royal Ballet and his Lost Dog company) is perfect for this time of year, being a work about reflecting on the recent past and built around the notions of love, family and children. Then again, those expecting something cheery may also want to consider that the source material is Euripides’s Medea, a Greek tragedy that makes Titus Andronicus look like an episode of Bluey.

The Soraya Season Opening Weekend will launch Sep 28 and 29 with a Soraya original, Randy Newman’s FAUST: The Concert. Learn how to purchase tickets.

La Secretaría de Cultura federal y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Literatura (CNL), y el gobierno del estado de Hidalgo, por medio de su Secretaría de Cultura, entregaron el Premio Bellas Artes de Traducción Literaria Margarita Michelena 2023 a Lucrecia Orensanz y Mario Murgia en la Sala de Espera del Centro Cultural del Ferrocarril, en Pachuca, Hidalgo.

Cincinnati May Festival announces a new artistic leadership model and reveals the 2024 festival schedule. Composer Julia Wolfe is appointed as the inaugural Festival Director. Celebrating Robert Porco's 35-year tenure, the festival will also feature Bob's Big Sing: A May Festival Reunion on March 23.

Hal Linden and Sally Struthers will star in the world premiere of a new play – “The Journals of Adam and Eve” by Ed. Weinberger, with a little help from the authors of Genesis, John Milton, and Mark Twain, for six performances only January 18 to 21.

Michael Barakiva has been named the new Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House! Learn more about him here!

The American Theatre of Actors in association with Shining Star Productions will present a revival of the Anne L. Thomspon-Scretching play, RESURRECTION.

Early Music Vancouver (EMV) has announced the dates for this year's summer festival along with a  new name. The 2023 Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival (previously named Vancouver Bach Festival) will take place  July 27 to August 5 at various venues including SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Christ Church Cathedral, Pyatt Hall, The Orpheum Annex, West Vancouver United Church, and St. James Community Square. 

The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) will release Sir James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio on its own LPO Label on Friday 4 November 2022. This recording captures the UK premiere performance of the work, which was given at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 4 December 2021.

GRAMMY Award-winning founding member of the rock group the Police Stewart Copeland will host the West Coast premiere of his original oratorio Satan's Fall at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.  

GRAMMY Award-winning founding member of the rock group the Police Stewart Copeland will host the West Coast premiere of his original oratorio Satan's Fall at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 8 p.m.  

Hudson Hall will present Nearly Stationary, a two-part, multi-floor exhibition, installation and performance event conceived by BESSIE award-winning visual artist, Barbara Kilpatrick.

BAM has announced A New York Season, a celebratory homecoming that brings together a league of artists who have made, and continue to make, New York City the culture capital of the world.

Opera Atelier has announced a thrilling film premiere of Angel - fully-staged and filmed at St. Lawrence Hall, in strict compliance with provincial health and safety regulations - streaming Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 7pm ET (available until Friday, November 12, 2021).

Opera Atelier has announced a thrilling 2021 Fall Season with the film premiere of Angel - fully-staged and filmed at St. Lawrence Hall, in strict compliance with provincial health and safety regulations - streaming Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 7pm ET (available until November 12, 2021).

Symphony X will perform at Tropical Butantã on August 7th. To most progressive heavy-metal fans symphony x is one of the genre-defining bands, breaking the ground with their powerful sound since the very early dawns back in 1994.