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Monster Mash: ‘Thriller’ dance event; Andrew Lloyd Webber fighting cancer; London theater ready for download

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--Honoring the king of pop: An estimated 20,000 people worldwide engaged in a global ‘Thriller’ dance event over the weekend. (CBC)

--Down but not out: Andrew Lloyd Webber is diagnosed with prostate cancer but vows to return to work as soon as possible. (Telegraph)

--Deeper: Placido Domingo makes his big switch to a baritone in a production of ‘Simon Boccanegra.’ (Guardian)

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--Innovation: A new company is making digital video of theater productions from major British companies available for pay download via the Internet. (Variety)--Judicial extras: Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia play nonspeaking roles in the Washington National Opera’s production of ‘Ariadne auf Naxos.’ (Associated Press)

--Ringtone symphony: A musician and his team have programmed 1,000 cellphones to create the sound of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. (Toronto Star)

--Translation: Christopher Hampton is working on an English-language adaptation of the stage musical ‘Rebecca,’ based on the Daphne du Maurier novel, which will be directed by Francesca Zambello. (Variety)--Cosmopolitan: Four former writers of HBO’s ‘Sex and the City’ are working on a theater project. (New York Times)

--Gloves, etc.: An exhibition of 250 items from Michael Jackson’s personal estate will go on display this week at London’s O2 Bubble arena. (Associated Press)

--Homicide: Police are investigating the slaying of an executive director of the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art in Texas. (Brownsville Herald)

--And in the L.A. Times: Art critic Christopher Knight discusses the latest Shepard Fairey controversy. (Los Angeles Times)

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