Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines

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-- Here today...: Angry over U.S. military action, Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman makes his debut -- and perhaps his final performance -- at Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday night.

-- Dancing for joy: British boy wins a coveted spot in Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet.

-- Death of a ‘Golden Girl’: Remembering actress Bea Arthur, who died on Saturday at 86.

-- Yet another theater award: Drama Desk announces nominees; ‘9 to 5’ gets 15, ‘Shrek’ brings in 12.

-- ‘Gay’ sells in theater: London discovers that audiences will flock to the West End for productions featuring gay story lines.

-- Springtime for Hitler and Germany: ‘The Producers’ plays in Berlin.

-- Michael Riedel must be happy: ‘Impressionism,’ starring Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen, to close May 10.

-- Dance your way out of this: Artesia dance team Quest Crew, winners of MTV’s ‘America’s Best Dance Crew’ has an elevator adventure in San Diego.

-- Reason to cheer: The $250,000 ArtPrize puts Grand Rapids, Mich., on the map.

-- Here he goes again: Andrew Lloyd Webber proposes an ‘Oz’ musical.

-- Lisa Fung

Top photo: Walt Disney Concert Hall. Credit: Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times. Inset photo: Krystian Zimerman. Credit: Kasslara.