Monster Mash: Holocaust Museum gets big gift; Wallis Annenberg and MOCA

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Donation: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said it received its largest single gift ever -- $17.2 million from the estate of Eric F. Ross. (Washington Post)

Philanthropist: Wallis Annenberg has joined the board of L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art. (Los Angeles Times)

Sign on the dotted line: Plácido Domingo has signed his first exclusive recording contract in 40 years with Sony Classical. (The Classical Review)

Work in progress: A revised version of the musical ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ had a reading in New York with Raul Esparza and Sherie Rene Scott. (Broadway World)

Dysfunctional family: Laurie Metcalf and David Suchet will star in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ in London. (Playbill)

Have the lambs stopped screaming?: ‘Silence! The Musical’ -- a stage parody of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ -- has settled in for an open-ended run at New York’s P.S. 122. (Theatermania)

Honored: ‘The Book of Mormon’ and ‘Follies’ on Broadway were among the honorees of the 27th Annual Artios Awards from the Casting Society of America. (Broadway World)

Big sound: The Kennedy Center is getting a new organ as a gift worth an estimated $2 million. (Washington Post)

Leading lady: Australian actress Robyn Nevin will play the title role in Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ next season in Melbourne. (The Australian)

Also in the L.A. Times: Architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne reviews the new public library in West Hollywood.

-- David Ng