Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines

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-- Economic downturn leaves Geffen Playhouse, left, and other L.A. theaters in a dire situation.

-- Los Angeles Opera announces staff and salary cuts.

-- Artist charged with manslaughter in death of 2, killed by inflatable artwork.

-- Michael Jackson is sued by ‘Thriller’ director John Landis, a day after a deal is made for a ‘Thriller’ musical.

-- Donors and supporters of Rose Art Museum rally to halt art selloff at Brandeis University.

-- Tony winner John Doyle to direct Horton Foote’s drama ‘Main Street.’

-- BBC is to put all of Britain’s 200,000 publicly owned oil paintings on the Internet.

-- Starting Feb. 10, students at Kenter Canyon Charter Elementary in Los Angeles will have a new course on the curriculum: ballroom dancing.

-- Despite uncertainty, architecture and design departments at California museums seem to fare well.

-- Uruguay and Argentina petition Unesco to grant tango world heritage status.

-- ‘We did the right thing,’ pianist says of decision to play to recorded music at Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony.

-- The Cisneros collection of Latin America art launches a ‘strategic plan’ for its future.

-- Documentary of ‘A Chorus Line’ set for release in April.

-- Lisa Fung