Monster Mash: Assessing the ‘Spider-Man’ fallout; World Trade Center families upset over sculpture
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Assessing the damage: Times theater critic Charles McNulty weighs in on director Julie Taymor’s ouster and the fate of Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.’ (Los Angeles Times)
Inside the web: Some of Julie Taymor’s signature touches could be retooled in ‘Spider-Man: Turn Of the Dark.’ (New York Times)
In poor taste? Plans to erect a sculpture in a London park using girders salvaged from the World Trade Center site have been put on hold after victims’ families complained. (Reuters)
New leadership: London’s Donmar Warehouse has named Josie Rourke as its new artistic director, taking over from Michael Grandage. (The Guardian)
Public art: The Plaza Hotel in New York will play host to a new large-scale sculpture by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei. (New York Times)
Curtain: Broadway’s ‘American Idiot’ will close April 24 and producers are bringing back Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong for its final weeks. (Los Angeles Times)
Cultural diplomacy: Officials in Austria and Mexico are close to a deal that would send Moctezuma’s Crown home on loan. (The Art Newspaper)
Changing their minds: The Motion Picture Assn. of America has overturned an ‘R’ rating on artist Julian Schnabel’s new movie ‘Miral.’ (Indiewire)
Purchasing power: The Museum of Modern Art in New York is acquiring works by Cy Twombly. (New York Times)
Going home: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has returned a headdress to an Alaskan Native American tribe. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Halted: Politicians in Hungary have abruptly stopped plans to redevelop Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts just as construction was set to begin. (The Art Newspaper)
Sticking around: Twyla Tharp’s ‘Sinatra Dance with Me’ has extended its Las Vegas run through April 30. (Playbill)
Also in the L.A. Times: Music critic Mark Swed reviews violinist Midori in Orange County; Idyllwild Arts Academy gets ready to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
-- David Ng
