Monster Mash: Remembering Karl Malden, Pina Bausch and Harve Presnell; Kirk Douglas Theatre’s new season; Autry Center’s plans

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-- Don’t forget his stage work: Karl Malden, who died Wednesday at home in Brentwood at 97, saw his ‘unglamorous mug’ grace the stage in signature dramas by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams — and sold untold millions in travelers checks.

-- A Droog in the flesh: Malcolm McDowell (‘A Clockwork Orange’) will play Kenneth Tynan in a highlight of the Kirk Douglas Theatre’s coming season.

-- My day with Pina: Critic Mark Swed’s memorable audience with the late dance-theater great.

-- Not so fast: A city panel tells the Autry National Center it won’t get an OK to expand in Griffith Park without first certifying the future of the other facility it runs, the Southwest Museum.

-- Harve Presnell dies: The rugged baritone’s memorable Broadway roles included Daddy Warbucks in ‘Annie.’

-- Doogie Howser, M.C.: Fresh off hosting the Tony Awards, Neil Patrick Harris is in talks to do the same at the Emmys.

-- David Carradine update: A forensic pathologist hired by his family says the actor’s death was not a suicide and points toward accidental self-asphyxiation.

-- Madoff repercussions: Sued by New York state for allegedly funneling clients’ cash to the convicted Ponzi schemer, a financier will sell his collection of Rothkos, Giacomettis and other works to a private buyer for $310 million.

-- Not just Bernie: The former finance chief of Holland’s arts funding agency is missing, suspected of skimming $21.8 million.

-- Deaccessioning debate: OCMA’s controversial sale has many saying that secrecy stinks, but are public auctions always best?

-- The Bard’s man in O.C.: Shakespeare Orange County artistic director Thomas Bradac marks 30 years at the helm.

-- ‘Ragtime’ will return: To Broadway, where the musical based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel closed in 2000.

-- ‘M. Butterfly’ inspiration: A Beijing opera singer and a spy, Shi Pei Pu was the real figure whose story gave rise to David Henry Hwang’s stage drama. He died in Paris on Tuesday.

-- Dissonance over Alice Tully Hall: Critics differ as to the success of the Lincoln Center music venue’s makeover.

— Mike Boehm

Top photo: Karl Malden as Mitch in the film version of Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Credit: Warner Bros.