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If, as Tolstoy put it, happy families are all alike, that’s probably because they’re opaque to the rest of us, for whom friction and rifts are as much a part of the kindred experience as love. Jesse, the hyper-observant only child at the center of Ricky D’Ambrose’s The Cathedral, takes in all the specifics of his unhappy family — not just his parents’ divorce when he’s 10, not just his father’s ongoing struggles, financial and otherwise, but the awkward silences and generational baggage, the rite-of-passage celebrations straining toward grace. The writer-director-editor’s microbudgeted sophomore film, now streaming on Mubi, juxtaposes remembered interactions and still-life shots with a deliberate, elliptical precision, the minor-key notes building to a chord that resounds with the ache of lost time and unexpressed emotions.

Through the eyes of the filmmaker’s alter ego, an artist in...

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the world premiere production of Skintight, by Roundabout Underground alumnus Joshua Harmon Bad Jews, Significant Other, with direction by three-time Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin Bad Jews. The cast includes Will Brittain as 'Trey,' Stephen Carrasco as 'Jeff,' Eli Gelb as 'Benjamin Cullen,' Cynthia Mace as 'Orsolya,' Idina Menzel as 'Jodi Isaac' and Jack Wetherall as 'Elliot Isaac.'...

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the world premiere production of Skintight, by Roundabout Underground alumnus Joshua Harmon Bad Jews, Significant Other, with direction by three-time Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin Bad Jews. The cast includes Will Brittain as 'Trey,' Stephen Carrasco as 'Jeff,' Eli Gelb as 'Benjamin Cullen,' Cynthia Mace as 'Orsolya,' Idina Menzel as 'Jodi Isaac' and Jack Wetherall as 'Elliot Isaac.'...

Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO has just announced the complete cast of the world-premiere production of Skintight, by Roundabout Underground alumnus Joshua Harmon Bad Jews, Significant Other, with direction by three-time Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin Bad Jews. Joining the previously announced Tony Award winner Idina Menzel as Jodi Isaac are Will Brittain as Trey, Stephen Carrasco as Jeff, Eli Gelb as Benjamin Cullen, Cynthia Mace as Orsolya and John Noble as Elliot Isaac.

This week, multiple sources confirmed to People what Twitter has known for months: Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor are a couple, and they're one of the cutest around.

The confirmation followed Taylor's visit to the Wnyc podcast Death, Sex & Money, where she gushed about her relationship. "It's the most wonderful, extraordinary thing that could have ever possibly happened in my life," the actress said.

Public displays of admiration and affection are nothing new for the Twitter-loving couple, who have taken to adorably expressing their love on the platform, making it obvious that they've reached bae status.

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Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts Espa, the companys professional training school, has announced its Spring 2012 schedule of classes now open for enrollment. Espa will offer new classes including Musical Theater Repertoire, Dialects Intensive, Advanced Scene Study Chekhov in a Contemporary Climate, Musical Theater Collaboration, Directing and Producing for Film, Singing for the Non-Singer, and Solo Performance. New instructors Kelly AuCoin, Jack Doulin, Judy Gold, Daniel Goldstein, and Brian Lowdermilk will join returning faculty members Liz Duffy Adams, David Adjmi, Karen Braga, Bekah Brunstetter, Keith Bunin, Denis Butkus, Kara Lee Corthon, Jane Guyer Fujita, Jackson Gay, Randy Graff, Adam Gwon, Josh Hecht, Lila Rose Kaplan, Kait Kerrigan, Cynthia Mace, Cheri Magid, Rogelio Martinez, Winter Miller, Edwin Sanchez, Julian Sheppard, Saviana Stanescu, Caridad Svich, Daniel Talbott, Richard Topol, Ken Urban, Francine Volpe, Kim Weild, Sheri Wilner, and Primary Stages Literary Manager and Director of Espa Tessa Laneve, Associate Artistic Director Michelle Bossy,...

By Zorianna Kit

Los Angeles (Reuters) - Adults can embrace their inner child with T-shirts by Lotty Dotty featuring the image of a paper doll who comes with her own detachable Velcro clothing to mix and match, changing the doll's outfit to fit the wearer's own personal fashion.

The offbeat shirts are just one of the many items being handed to celebrities at gifting suites in Los Angeles this week in the lead-up to Sunday's Emmy Awards, U.S. television's top honors that bring out A-list Hollywood TV stars.

Gifting lounges have become important marketing tools for companies, and even in the recent gloomy economic climate, the suites open up as a way for established companies and upstarts to gain exposure for new products or reintroductions. In recent years, many have begun to give some proceeds to charities.

By giving their products to celebrities as a "gift," marketers hope consumers...