EditorialThe director Frank Galati, center, in 2000 with the composer Stephen Flaherty, left, and the lyricist Lynn Ahrens. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialSanjiv Saraf, left, the founder of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta, with the poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar in New Delhi, on Dec. 2, 2022. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialSanjiv Saraf, left, the founder of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta, with the poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar in New Delhi, on Dec. 2, 2022. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialThe playwright, composer, and lyricist Michael R. Jackson on his rooftop deck at home in the Washington Heights neighborhood, in New York on July 14, 2022. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)