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Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines

8:35 AM, December 10, 2008

Alicia_silverstone-- Alicia Silverstone, right, David Harbour, Anna Gunn and Robin Thomas to star in world premiere of Donald Margulies play "Time Stands Still" at the Geffen Playhouse.

-- Northern Ireland loyalist is convicted of attack on Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, despite claim it was just performance art.

-- "Rock of Ages," the off-Broadway heavy metal musical that had its start in Los Angeles, heads back West for a film deal with New Line.

-- Mark Lester, who starred in the 1968 musical "Oliver," wins libel damages from London's Daily Mail.

--The former chief curator of New York’s National Academy Museum denounces the recent sale of two important Hudson River School paintings from its collection to cover operating costs.

-- Broadway-bound musical version of the Steven Spielberg's  "Catch Me If You Can" set to premiere in Seattle next summer.

-- Tyler Perry wins copyright lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed he stole material from her play for "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."

-- Did playwright David Mamet shun the failed Broadway production of  "American Buffalo," which closed after a week?

-- New Yorker's Alex Ross names his choices for 10 best classical music performances.

-- Times art critic Christopher Knight discusses the situation at Museum of Contemporary Art today on "Four O'Clock Wednesdays With Jon Wiener" on KPFK.

-- Associated Press theater critic's picks for Top 10 productions of 2008 include a musical that had its premiere in San Diego.

-- Sydney artist puts his first work of abstract art up on EBay at 1 million Australian dollars (about $663,000 U.S.). 

-- PBS to air last year's Broadway production of "Cyrano de Bergerac," starring Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner.

-- Website grades plays and musicals based on critical reviews. But is the premise faulty?

-- Lisa Fung

Photo credit: Mohamed Omar / EPA

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