Monster Mash: Changes to Martin Luther King Jr. memorial

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Changing: A controversial quote inscribed in the granite of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall is to be corrected. (CNN)

Honored: The Gehry residence in Santa Monica has won an award from the American Institute for Architects. (Art Info)

For the family: Julie Andrews will direct ‘The Great American Mousical,’ a new musical based on a children’s book she penned. (New York Times)

Legal mess: A part-time art dealer who unwittingly bought fake Damien Hirst prints has gotten into trouble for doctoring appraisals as he resold them. (Associated Press)

Struggling: A $10-million dance/dinner theater that opened last year in Anaheim is facing financial difficulties. (Orange County Register)

Money trouble: The planned museum dedicated to the history of slavery is disputing a claim by the city of Fredericksburg, Va., that the museum failed to account for $1.6 million in funds. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Shuttered: The film stills archive of the Museum of Modern Art in New York remains closed. (Time)

Multiple charges: Ronald Coles, formerly one of Australia’s leading art dealers, faces up to 10 years in jail after being charged with 87 offenses. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Also in the L.A. Times: Theater critic Charles McNulty reviews ‘Topdog/Underdog’ at South Coast Repertory, and music critic Mark Swed reviews the first concert of the L.A. Philharmonic’s Mahler Project.

-- David Ng