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)
EditorialBilly Porter performs during a tribute to the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim during the 75th Tony Awards in New York on Sunday night, June 12, 2022. Sondheim died on Nov. 26, 2021 at the age of 91. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialLyricist and composer Drew Gasparini watches rehearsals for ?The Karate Kid ? The Musical,? in Chesterfield, Mo., May 25, 2022. (Whitney Curtis/The New York Times)
EditorialShaina Taub, “Suffs” book writer, lyricist and composer, with director Leigh Silverman and choreographer Raja Feather Kelly at the Public Theater in Manhattan, on March 11, 2022. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times)