Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines

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-- L.A.’s new arts school is an expensive social experiment.

-- Freshly restored ‘Still Life With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose’ by Francisco de Zurbaran is back on view at the Norton Simon Museum.

-- Jeremy Piven’s former ‘Speed-the-Plow’ castmate lashes out, while Chicago Tribune critic Chris Jones asks: Is Sushigate just another sign that Broadway is tanking?

-- French court gives the go-ahead to two modern-day sequels to Victor Hugo’s ‘Les Miserables.’

-- L.A.’s Machine Project is facing a money crunch.

-- Tovah Feldshuh returns to Broadway in March in ‘Irena’s Vow.’

-- Broadway officials fear proposed 4% fee on tickets may be the final blow to an industry already reeling from dwindling box office.

-- Munich Opera Festival announces its 2009 season.

-- Bolshoi prima ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya dies at 92.

-- Lisa Fung

Caption: Central High School No. 9 in downtown Los Angeles. Credit: Liz O. Baylen