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Monster Mash: L.A. Phil single ticket sales; 3 L.A. buildings closer to award; ‘Ben Hur’ stage show set

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-- Lessons learned: Los Angeles Philharmonic braces for demand for single tickets for the 2009-10 season, Gustavo Dudamel’s first.

-- Among the best: Three Los Angeles buildings make the short list for World Building of the Year, sponsored by the World Architecture Festival.

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-- This qualifies as spectacle: ‘Ben Hur’ stage show, with 400 actors, 46 horses, two donkeys, five falcons, two eagles, two vultures and 120 doves is set to run at London’s O2 Arena.

-- From wizard to poet: Michael Gambon is set to star in a new play from Alan Bennett, the playwright’s first since ‘The History Boys,’ this fall at Britain’s National Theatre.

-- Race for preservationists: Alternative plans for Chicago’s Olympic Village emerge, but will they be enough to save Walter Gropius buildings from the wrecking ball?

-- Continued support: Siemens, sponsor of Salzburg and Bayreuth music festivals, vows to maintain an annual budget of $72 million for arts.

-- Familiar names: Martin McDonagh, David Mamet and Tennessee Williams imports are featured in the 2010 season at Mark Taper Forum.

-- Ouch: A Grammy Award-winning opera singer falls off the stage into the orchestra pit during a performance at Glyndebourne Festival.

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-- Rough waters: Controversy arises over the planned sale of artworks to raise funds for a Titanic museum.

-- Concessions made: The union representing most New York City Opera artists agrees to a contract with fewer weeks of work and less pay.

-- Fixing up the place: Oakland Museum closed Sunday for eight months for renovations.

-- Lisa Fung

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