Monster Mash: ‘Avenue Q’ transferring off-Broadway; Warhol works stolen; artist wins Venice film prize

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--Not closing yet: Tony-winning ‘Avenue Q’ will move off-Broadway following its run at New York’s John Golden Theatre.

--Major art theft: Original artwork by Andy Warhol, valued in the millions, has been stolen from a home in L.A.

--Award winner: Iranian video artist Shirin Neshat wins the best director award at the Venice Film Festival for her feature work ‘Women Without Men.’

--Past revisited: Heirs of a man who allegedly sold a Vermeer painting to Adolf Hitler are now demanding its return from a Vienna museum

--Power to the people: Times art critic Christopher Knight detects socialist and communist imagery in a logo associated with conservative pundit Glenn Beck.

--Hiring: The New York Philharmonic has received a $10-million gift to endow a new composer-in-residence position.

--Reuse, recycle: Dame Judi Dench has donated a set from the movie ‘Shakespeare in Love’ so that it may be turned into a working theatrical venue.

--Heidi Klum not included: Designer Philippe Starck plunges into the world of reality television.

--Putting it together: The creative team is set for the upcoming stage musical version of the feature film ‘Somewhere in Time.’

--Pushing buttons: David Mamet writes about about his new play ‘Race,’ opening this season on Broadway.

--Birthday presents: The USC Thornton School of Music has received major gifts as part of its 125th anniversary celebration.

-- David Ng

Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Princeton and John Tartaglia in ‘Avenue Q.’ Credit: Ari Mintz / Newsday