Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines
-- L.A.'s new arts school is an expensive social experiment.
-- Freshly restored "Still Life With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose" by Francisco de Zurbaran is back on view at the Norton Simon Museum.
-- Jeremy Piven's former "Speed-the-Plow" castmate lashes out, while Chicago Tribune critic Chris Jones asks: Is Sushigate just another sign that Broadway is tanking?
-- French court gives the go-ahead to two modern-day sequels to Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables."
-- L.A.'s Machine Project is facing a money crunch.
-- Tovah Feldshuh returns to Broadway in March in "Irena's Vow."
-- Broadway officials fear proposed 4% fee on tickets may be the final blow to an industry already reeling from dwindling box office.
-- Munich Opera Festival announces its 2009 season.
-- Bolshoi prima ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya dies at 92.
-- Lisa Fung
Caption: Central High School No. 9 in downtown Los Angeles. Credit: Liz O. Baylen
