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    Quincy Jones: A Life in Photos

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    A musician, bandleader, composer, producer and much more, Quincy Jones, who died at 91 on Sunday in California, led many musical lives. Only supreme talent can explain his accomplishments, but there was another factor, too: a ferocious work ethic.From childhood, he fought to learn the skills that would allow him to build a life in music. He first touched a piano at age 11 after breaking into a recreation center looking for food. Two years later, he persuaded a professional trumpeter to give him lessons every morning before school started.But once he had acquired those musical foundations, he worked to expand the range of his skills at a dizzying speed. Over the decades that followed, Mr. Jones was presented with a steady stream of opportunities — sometimes simultaneously. He embraced them all, turning much of what he touched to gold, and remaking American music along the way in a career that endured for more than five decades.These photographs show Mr. Jones both under and outside the spotlight, often helping other artists bring forth their best work. They also show the public side of him — a musical titan honored for his achievements.PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty ImagesMr. Jones and the singer Lesley Gore working in New York on the song “It’s My Party,” which was released in 1963.Franz Hubmann/Imagno, via Getty ImagesMr. Jones leading a band at the Konzerthaus in Vienna in 1960.Gai Terrell/Redferns, via Getty ImagesMr. Jones guiding a session in a recording studio in 1963.David Redfern/Redferns, via Getty ImagesMr. Jones and the singer Roberta Flack, circa 1973.A&M Records/ Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty ImagesMr. Jones in 1974.David Redfern/Redferns, via Getty ImagesMr. Jones, left, with Duke Ellington, at the piano, during the recording of the television special “Duke Ellington … We Love You Madly” at the Shubert Theater in Los Angeles in 1973.Bettmann, via Getty ImagesStevie Wonder and Mr. Jones during a recording of the song “Stop, Don’t Pass Go.”G. Paul Burnett/The New York TimesMr. Jones won six Grammy Awards in 1991 for his album “Back on the Block.”URLI/GARCIA and Gamma-Rapho, via Getty ImagesMr. Jones in Paris in 1988.Alain Benainous/Gamma-Rapho, via Getty ImagesMr. Jones leading student musicians at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1991.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc, via Getty ImagesMr. Jones and Oprah Winfrey at the 1995 Academy Awards in Los Angeles, where he was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.Associated Press/Associated PressMr. Jones with President Barack Obama in 2011, when Mr. Jones received the National Medal of Arts at the White House.Danny Moloshok/Invision, via Associated PressMr. Jones onstage with Oprah Winfrey at his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressMr. Jones at a hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles in 2018.Damon Winter/The New York TimesMr. Jones in 2013. More

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      Maggie Smith: A Life in Pictures

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      Maggie Smith, who died on Friday at 89, was among the most venerable British actors of her era, embarking in the 1950s on a decades-long career and a run of memorable, award-winning performances. She won two Oscars, a Tony, three Golden Globes, four Emmys and several British Academy of Film and Television Awards.But incredibly, she did not reach mainstream stardom until later in her career, first as Minerva McGonagall, the Hogwarts School’s stern and fearless transfiguration teacher, in seven of the eight “Harry Potter” films, and then as Violet Crawley, the acid-tongued dowager countess on the British historical drama “Downton Abbey.”“It’s not even that you particularly want to be an actor,” Smith once said. “You have to be. There’s nothing you can do to stop it.”Here are some snapshots from her life and career.Evening Standard/Hulton Archive, via Getty ImagesMaggie Smith in 1957, the year she made her London stage debut in the musical revue “Share My Lettuce.”Evening Standard/Hulton Archive, via Getty ImagesSmith in 1963, when she appeared in “The V.I.P.s,” a melodrama whose all-star cast also included Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.Bob Dear/Associated PressSmith behind the scenes of the 1968 MGM British comedy caper “Hot Millions.” Vincent Canby, in his review for The New York Times, described her performance as “marvelously funny.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      2024 Emmys Red Carpet Photos: See the Looks From TV’s Biggest Night

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      For the second time this year, Hollywood is convening to toast its work on the small screen. Here’s what the stars wore to make their entrances.Follow our live updates for the 2024 Emmy Awards.Strikes by Hollywood’s actors’ and screenwriters’ unions in 2023 combined to create a quirk of the awards season calendar: two Emmy Awards ceremonies in the same year. Exactly eight months ago, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded another batch of Primetime Emmys, with HBO’s corporate drama “Succession” collecting six trophies for its final season.With “Succession” out of contention, the field was cleared for new faces, including several from FX’s splashy historical epic “Shogun.” Turning out once again to the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, here’s what presenters and nominees from the year’s biggest shows wore to make their red-carpet arrivals on Sunday.Anna Sawai, winner of the Emmy for best actress in a drama for “Shogun.”Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressSwipe for More →Quinta Brunson, nominated for best actress in a comedy for “Abbott Elementary.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressFrazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressJeremy Allen White, winner of the Emmy for best actor in a comedy for “The Bear.”Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressCatherine O’Hara, a presenter.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesBowen Yang, nominated for best supporting actor in a comedy for “Saturday Night Live.”Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressSwipe for More →Lily Gladstone, a presenter as well as a nominee for best supporting actress in a limited series for “Under the Bridge.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesRichard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressAmy Sussman/Getty ImagesMeryl Streep, nominated for best supporting actress in a comedy for “Only Murders in the Building.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesSwipe for More →Greta Lee, nominated for best supporting actress in a drama for “The Morning Show.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesFrazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressJennifer Aniston, nominated for best actress in a drama for “The Morning Show.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesViola Davis, a presenter.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressSwipe for More →The pop star Rita Ora and her husband, Taika Waititi, a producer of two shows nominated for best comedy series: “Reservation Dogs” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesFrazer Harrison/Getty ImagesDavid Swanson/EPA, via ShutterstockFrazer Harrison/Getty ImagesFrazer Harrison/Getty ImagesMaya Rudolph, nominated for Emmys for her performances in “Loot” and “Saturday Night Live.”Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressSofia Vergara, nominated for best actress in a limited series for “Griselda.”Mike Blake/ReutersReese Witherspoon, nominated for best actress in a drama for “The Morning Show.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJanel Moloney, who reunited with her co-stars from “The West Wing” to present the Emmy for best drama.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSwipe for More →Sheryl Lee Ralph, nominated for best supporting actress in a comedy for “Abbott Elementary.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesRichard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressRichard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressAmy Sussman/Getty ImagesYuka Kouri of “Shogun,” winner of the Emmy for best drama.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesPaul Rudd, nominated for best supporting actor in a comedy for “Only Murders in the Building.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesJessica Gunning, winner of the Emmy for best supporting actress in a limited series for “Baby Reindeer.”Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressSwipe for More →Brie Larson, nominated for best actress in a limited series for “Lessons in Chemistry.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesRichard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressAmy Sussman/Getty ImagesRichard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressBilly Crudup, left, winner of the Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama for “The Morning Show,” and Naomi Watts, nominated for best actress in a limited series for “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesDa’Vine Joy Randolph, nominated for best guest actress in a comedy for “Only Murders in the Building.”Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressSwipe for More →Kristen Wiig, nominated for best actress in a comedy for “Palm Royale.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesAude Guerrucci/ReutersAmy Sussman/Getty ImagesAmy Sussman/Getty ImagesYelena Yemchuk and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, winner of the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy for “The Bear.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesNicola Coughlan, a presenter.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSarah Paulson, left, nominated for best guest actress in a drama for “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” and Holland Taylor, nominated for best supporting actress in a drama for “The Morning Show.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesDiego Luna, a presenter.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesLaura Dern of “Palm Royale,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSwipe for More →Selena Gomez, nominated for best actress in a comedy for “Only Murders in the Building.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesAmy Sussman/Getty ImagesRichard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressRichard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressJessica Betts, left, and Niecy Nash-Bett, a presenter.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesDakota Fanning, nominated for best supporting actress in a limited series for “Ripley.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJean Smart, left, winner of the Emmy for best actress in a comedy for “Hacks,” and her co-star Kaitlin Olson, nominated for best guest actress in a comedy.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressRichard Schiff, left, and Dulé Hill joined their “West Wing” co-stars to present the Emmy for best drama. This year is the 25th anniversary of the long-running political drama.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressReba McEntire, a presenter.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSusan Downey and Robert Downey Jr., nominated for best supporting actor in a limited series for “The Sympathizer.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesAndrew Scott, a nominee for best actor in a limited series or TV movie for “Ripley.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesHannah Einbinder, nominated for best supporting actress in a comedy for “Hacks.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesGillian AndersonAmy Sussman/Getty ImagesSwipe for More →Dan Levy and his father, Eugene Levy, hosts of the 76th Emmy Awards.Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressMike Blake/ReutersFrazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressJodie Foster, winner of the Emmy for best actress in a limited series for “True Detective: Night Country.”Mike Blake/ReutersMrs. Astor, you’re on notice: Carrie Coon, nominated for best actress in a drama for her portrayal of Bertha Russell in “The Gilded Age,” stuns in Thom Browne.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesJimmy Kimmel, whose show was nominated for best variety talk series, and Molly McNearney.Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressSteve Martin, nominated for best actor in a comedy for “Only Murders in the Building.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesKaren Pittman, nominated for best supporting actress in a drama for “The Morning Show.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesJon Hamm, nominated for best supporting actor in a drama for “The Morning Show,” and Anna Osceola.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressMindy Kaling, a presenter.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesNakata Kurumi and Tadanobu Asano, nominated for best supporting actor in a drama for “Shogun.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSaoirse RonanAmy Sussman/Getty ImagesLisa Ann Walter of “Abbott Elementary,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressSwipe for More →Aja Naomi King, nominated for best supporting actress in a limited series for “Lessons in Chemistry.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressFrazer Harrison/Getty ImagesRamy Youssef, nominated for best directing for a comedy for “The Bear.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesOlivia Williams and Dominic West, nominated for best actor in a drama for “The Crown.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesTyler James Williams of “Abbott Elementary,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesSwipe for More →Alan Cumming, winner of the Emmy for best host for a reality or competition program for “The Traitors.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressFrazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressIdris Elba, nominated for best actor in a drama for “Hijack,” and Sabrina Elba.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesRuPaul Charles, nominated for best host for a reality or competition program for “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesGillian Jacobs of “The Bear,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesChristine Baranski, nominated for best supporting actress in a drama for “The Gilded Age.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJanelle James, nominated for best supporting actress in a comedy for “Abbott Elementary.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesSam Richardson, a presenter.Mike Blake/ReutersElizabeth Debicki, winner of the Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama for “The Crown.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesAbby Elliott of “The Bear,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesNava Mau, nominated for best supporting actress in a limited series for “Baby Reindeer.”Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressNicole Beharie, nominated for best supporting actress in a drama for “The Morning Show.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesLionel Boyce, nominated for best supporting actor in a comedy for “The Bear.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesSwipe for More →Liza Colón-Zayas, winner of the Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy for “The Bear.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesMike Blake/ReutersDavid Swanson/EPA, via ShutterstockConnie Britton, a presenter.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJuno Temple, nominated for best actress in a limited series for “Fargo.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesJohn Oliver, whose show “Last Week Tonight” won the Emmy for best variety scripted series, and his wife, Kate Norley.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressMatt Bomer, nominated for best actor in a limited series for “Fellow Travelers.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesMoeka Hoshi of “Shogun,” winner of the Emmy for best drama.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesMaya Erskine, nominated for best actress in a drama for “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesRichard Gadd, who won three Emmys for his limited series “Baby Reindeer.”Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJonathan Bailey, nominated for best supporting actor in a limited series for “Fellow Travelers.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesD’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, nominated for best actor in a comedy for “Reservation Dogs.”Allison Dinner/EPA, via ShutterstockGina Torres, a presenter.Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressLeslie Bibb of “Palm Royale,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesYoshiko Sakuma and Takehiro Hira, nominated for best supporting actor in a drama for “Shogun.”Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressChris Perfetti of “Abbott Elementary,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJohn Leguizamo, a presenter.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressJelly Roll, who performed during the ceremony’s In Memoriam segment.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesEiza González of “3 Body Problem,” one of the shows nominated for best drama.Mike Blake/ReutersContestants from Season 16 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” nominated for best reality or competition program.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesTrish Spencer and Matty Matheson of “The Bear,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressSwipe for More →Devery Jacobs of “Reservation Dogs,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressFrazer Harrison/Getty ImagesJesse Tyler Ferguson, left, a presenter, and his husband, Justin Mikita.Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressThe rugby player Ilona Maher, an Olympic bronze medalist in Paris and a presenter.Allison Dinner/EPA, via ShutterstockJoshua Jackson, a presenter.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSkye P. MarshallAmy Sussman/Getty ImagesDallas Goldtooth of “Reservation Dogs,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressKathy Bates, a presenter.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressCaillin Puente, nominated for best writing for a drama series for “Shogun.”Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressKristen Kish, nominated for best host for a reality or competition program for “Top Chef.”Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesMolly Gordon of “The Bear,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesKristin Scott Thomas of “Slow Horses,” one of the shows nominated for best drama.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesSwipe for More →Desi Lydic, nominated for best performer in a short form comedy or drama series for “Desi Lydic Foxsplains.”Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressMike Blake/ReutersMike Blake/ReutersJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressRosalind Eleazar of “Slow Horses,” one of the shows nominated for best drama.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesTaylor Zakhar Perez of “Red, White and Royal Blue,” a presenter.Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressSusan Kelechi Watson, a presenter.Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated PressAaron Moten of “Fallout,” one of the shows nominated for best drama.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressMichael Cyril Creighton of “Only Murders in the Building,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesHarvey Guillén of “What We Do in the Shadows,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated PressAmber Chardae Robinson of “Palm Royale,” one of the shows nominated for best comedy.Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesPadma Lakshmi, a presenter.Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesElla Purnell of “Fallout,” one of the shows nominated for best drama.Jae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated Press More

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      James Earl Jones: A Life in Pictures

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      If it seemed at times that James Earl Jones was everywhere, it was perhaps because he really was. Over a 50-year career, Jones — who died on Monday at the age of 93 — acted prolifically on television, in movies and under the spotlight of Broadway stages, one of which is now named after him.An imposing man who stood taller than six feet, Jones was hard to miss. But it was his voice — deep, authoritative, powerful and sometimes menacing — that some fans may most remember. His voice work as Darth Vader in the original “Star Wars” trilogy and as Mufasa in “The Lion King” conveyed his presence to millions without audiences ever seeing him.Here are some snapshots from his life and career.Jones was a guest star on “Sesame Street” in 1970.Afro American Newspapers/Gado, via Getty ImagesJones, with Lauren Bacall, won the Tony for best actor in a play in 1969 for “The Great White Hope.”Bettmann Archive, via Getty ImagesJones with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson at a Broadway opening in 1978.Sonia Moskowitz/Getty ImagesJones and his wife, the actor Cecilia Hart, at the Tony Awards in 1989.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection, via Getty ImagesJones in his dressing room in 1983.Steve Ringman/San Francisco Chronicle, via Getty ImagesJones with his son, Flynn, and his father, Robert, in 1987.Michael Tighe/Donaldson Collection, via Getty ImagesJones in a Hollywood recording studio in 1991.Edmund Eckstein/Getty ImagesJones and Cicely Tyson in 1991.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection, via Getty ImagesThe actors would star in a revival of Donald L. Coburn’s “The Gin Game” in 2015.Bruce Glikas/FilmMagicA Broadway theater was named after Jones in 2022.Todd Heisler/The New York Times More

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      Venice Film Festival Looks: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt And More

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      No amount of star power can truly outshine the beauty of La Serenissima, the ancient republic better known as the city of Venice. But the Venice Film Festival, with its parade of A-listers arriving for movie premieres in water taxis, comes close.Typically held not long after the fall couture shows in Paris, the Venice Film Festival benefits, in pure fashion terms, from being a showcase of the newest garments from some designers. How these elaborate, often form-fitting, confections are transferred so rapidly from Parisian runways to Venetian red carpets hardly matters to looky-loos with their eyes perennially pressed to the glass of fashion.This year’s festival, running from Aug. 28 until Saturday, has not just been an exhibition for new designs, but also of vintage pieces. Some looked as fresh as ever. Garments old and new are among these 15 looks, which will be hard to forget for reasons good and bad (but mostly good).Taylor Russell: Most Modern Retro!Louisa Gouliamaki/ReutersThe actress radiated an icy elegance in a Loewe gown reminiscent of the creations of Jean Louis, a designer who had the lock on high glamour during the golden age of Hollywood studios.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      The Stuff They Strut on the Jellicle Catwalk

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      From the first solo to the euphoric final bows, dance is essential to the world-building of “Cats: The Jellicle Ball.” Watch four standout dancers from the reinvented classic.Before anyone steps onto the catwalk in “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” the wildly popular reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” at the Perelman Performing Arts Center, a dancer’s silhouette appears at the back of the stage, darting across a row of windows. At first, his movement recalls the limber ballet-jazz of the original 1982 Broadway production, accented with tricks like a split leap and a back walkover. He has two little ears, a tail. He could be prowling on a rooftop at night.But then something shifts. The silhouetted dancer strips away his tail, and vintage musical theater gives way to elements of vogue: the circling wrists of hand performance; the crouched legs and flashing arms of a duckwalk; the whirl and dramatic fall of a spin and dip.“It’s arguably one of the most important moments in the show,” said the dancer Primo, to whom the silhouette belongs. “All of that represents exactly what you’re about to see: the marriage of the old with the now.”This wordless overture, choreographed by Ousmane Omari Wiles, introduces the seemingly incongruous and yet surprisingly seamless collision of worlds at the heart of “Cats: The Jellicle Ball.” Extended three times since its premiere in June, and now running through Sept. 8, the show reinvents the classic musical in the context of queer ballroom culture, replacing cats with people who have come together to walk a ball, battling for trophies on a nightclub runway.Ousmane Omari Wiles, left, and Arturo Lyons, the choreographers of “Cats: The Jellicle Ball.” Wiles said he wanted “to celebrate queer club culture itself and all the dance styles we embody within that.” From that shadowy first solo to the euphoria of the final bows, dance is essential to the storytelling and world-building of “The Jellicle Ball,” which is directed by Bill Rauch and Zhailon Levingston and choreographed by Wiles and Arturo Lyons. Not limited to the catwalk stage, the movement often spills into the audience, with performers buzzing among the front rows and cocktail tables that flank the runway. The ornate, extravagant costumes by Qween Jean create physical possibilities, too, becoming playful extensions of the choreography.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Edinburgh Fringe: Out and About at the Festival

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      It’s summer in Edinburgh and visitors from around the world have arrived for the 77th edition of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the chaotic, scrappy, sprawling arts event that opened Friday and runs through Aug. 26. This year, there are more than 3,600 shows on the program, by artists from 58 countries: theater, stand-up, circus and cabaret performances, as usual — but also film screenings, whiskey tastings and a life drawing class with dogs.Robert Ormerod, a photographer for The New York Times, was on the ground in Edinburgh to capture the atmosphere on the festival’s first weekend.Festival-goers crowd the pubs and restaurants in the Old Town district of the city.Poster and flyers — as well as performers hustling in the streets — help the public choose from the more than 3,600 shows.Fringe performers line up for a media event over the weekend.Spectators for a street performance on the Royal Mile, Old Town’s main thoroughfare.Tartan Heather, a Scottish artist who weaves fabric in the traditional pattern for spectators, on the Royal Mile.Handbills for Fringe shows cover a phone booth in the city center.Checking times and venues at the Underbelly box office in George Square, central Edinburgh.Nina Conti, a British ventriloquist who has been appearing at the Fringe for over 20 years, presents her show “Whose Face Is It Anyway?” at the Pleasance Grand.A performer from “I Wish You Well: The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical,” performs an impromptu song on Friday after a power cut canceled the show.Julia VanderVeen in “My Grandmother’s Eyepatch.”The Fringe sold nearly 2.5 million tickets in 2023.The performers on the official Fringe program were joined by nearly 500 street performers in 2023, according to Fringe.Relaxing in Princes Street Gardens, a stone’s throw from the hubbub of the festival. More

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      Kendrick Lamar’s Drake Victory Lap Unites Los Angeles

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      Kendrick Lamar’s sold-out homecoming at the Kia Forum, an arena just outside Los Angeles, promised pyrotechnics with its name alone: “The Pop Out: Ken & Friends.”The “Pop Out” ensured drama — it’s from a line in Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” his recent No. 1 song, and a scathing salvo in his war of words with Drake.The “& Friends” guaranteed surprise appearances from high-profile names: ultimately Dr. Dre, YG, Tyler, the Creator, Roddy Rich, Schoolboy Q and Steve Lacy, among many others. The whole thing would go down on Juneteenth, the annual celebration of Black emancipation in America, after a battle in which Lamar questioned Drake’s status within the Black community.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      This Year’s Tony Nominees in Portraits

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      ‘Purlie Victorious’Kara Young“My mime teacher had a double-jointed hand, and she taught me this skit about a dying butterfly in a forest. You find the dying butterfly, and you pick it up and your hand becomes the butterfly. And I performed this very often because I was the one who was able to do the double-jointed hand.”‘Purlie Victorious’Leslie Odom Jr.“I played Martin Luther King in our Black history show in kindergarten. The pictures that I hold the dearest are of my grandmother and my father clapping in the front row. My dad looks like I just won the Nobel. He’s so proud that I’ve memorized my little four lines as Martin Luther King.”‘An Enemy of the People’Jeremy Strong“One of the real formative experiences for me was seeing Ian Holm do ‘Lear’ at the National in the ’90s. He was a little man with tremendous, immense power and vulnerability. And I remember him on the heath at the end — he was naked in front of the well-heeled audience, and I remember being very affected by a human being willing to be that open and unprotected in front of people. It changed my life.”‘mary jane’Rachel McAdams“I saw ‘Cats’ in Kitchener, Ontario. My dad was a mover, and he actually helped move the company, so we got free tickets. I was 8. I was walking on air when I came out of that show. I still remember looking down at my little white patent leather shoes and thinking my whole world has been cracked open.”‘Merrily We Roll Along’Daniel Radcliffe“The first time I was onstage was in a school play called ‘Nellie the Elephant,’ when I was 5 or 6 — I was dressed as a monkey. But my first proper stage appearance was when I was about 13, in ‘The Play What I Wrote,’ that Kenneth Branagh directed, and they had a different celebrity in every night, and I did like three performances. As the guest, if you knew the lines, you could get laughs. So even knowing very little about comedy, I got laughs, and I remember feeling, ‘Oh, that’s incredible fun.’”‘Merrily We Roll Along’Jonathan Groff“The first time I remember being onstage was playing Sandy, the dog, in a dance recital. I was 4 years old, and they were doing a number from ‘Annie,’ and I was in a dog head costume, and I remember hearing the audience laugh at me moving my head back and forth, and I was hooked.”‘Merrily We Roll Along’Lindsay Mendez“The first show I saw on Broadway was at the Gershwin Theater. I saw ‘Show Boat.’ It was just so grand and incredible. I was, I think, 12 years old. I had loved theater as a little kid, but getting to see it at that level, it hit me for the first time that I could pursue it as an adult for a living.”‘Appropriate’Sarah Paulson“Janet McTeer in ‘A Doll’s House’ — that was a very early, if not the first, Broadway show that my mother took me to see. I was in the first row of the mezzanine, and I’ll never forget the energy with which she came onstage. It was like watching a lightning bolt.”‘Appropriate’Corey Stoll“Courtney B. Vance was playing Corey in the original ‘Fences,’ and I remember seeing that production with James Earl Jones, who was so obviously this powerhouse. But I remember seeing this young man going toe to toe with him, and holding his own against this colossus. It really blew me away that the theater was a place where there were all these different forms of power, and each person can hold an audience’s attention and affection.”‘Stereophonic’Will Brill, Eli Gelb, Juliana Canfield, Sarah Pidgeon and Tom Pecinka“My parents took me to see ‘Peter Pan’ at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto. I was 3, and I was sitting on my mom’s lap, and Captain Hook had Peter Pan tied up, and apparently I stood up on my mom’s lap, and I screamed, ‘You poo-poo head!’ at Captain Hook.” — Will Brill“I saw Mark Rylance play Olivia in ‘Twelfth Night.’ And I was so astonished by his tragic sense of humor. I had been planning on doing an Olivia monologue to audition for school, and I was like, ‘I can’t do it because he’s too brilliant.’ I changed my monologue.” — Juliana Canfield“I did three different productions of ‘Grease.’ I played Danny every time, at 12, 14, and then my senior year of high school. When I was Danny my senior year, all of a sudden the girls started to take notice.” — Tom Pecinka‘Cabaret’Eddie Redmayne“The first show I ever saw was ‘Cats,’ when I was about 7 years old. I was up in the circle, and a cat crawled out of a hole somewhere and gave me the fright of my life. I found it utterly terrifying and completely exhilarating.”‘Cabaret’Gayle Rankin“The thing that drew me to theater was, I was always fascinated by people. I was really quiet as a kid, and so people watching was like my TV. I remember sitting at a Starbucks in Glasgow when I was, like, 12, watching people for hours on end.”‘Cabaret’Bebe Neuwirth“It wasn’t until I saw ‘Pippin,’ when I was 13, that I decided that I was going to be a dancer on Broadway and do that guy’s choreography. I didn’t know I was talking about god [Bob Fosse]. I didn’t know anything. It just resonated so deeply for me — I could feel that movement in my body, and I knew that I was watching an aspect of myself when I saw that.”‘Cabaret’Steven Skybell“I did children’s theater in Lubbock, Tex. My first show was ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’ I played [a] king — I was already character-typed as the older character even then. And from the time I was 10, I knew I wanted to be an actor. I’ve just slowly been pretending all along the way.”‘Hell’s Kitchen’We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More