EditorialDirector and choreographer Justin Peck, left, speaking with a performer during a rehearsal for “Illinois”, a dance-theater piece based on Sufjan Stevens’s beloved 2005 indie-pop concept album, at the Fischer Center on the Bard College campus, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. on June 20, 2023. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
EditorialChristoph Waltz, who spent decades as a working actor before his breakthrough with “Inglourious Basterds,” at his hotel in New York, Feb. 8, 2023. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
EditorialOscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan at a rehearsal for “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” in New York, Jan. 21, 2023. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
EditorialShea German-Tanner, 22, a social worker in Fort Wayne, Ind., says she feels like she can’t save money because she is always living paycheck to paycheck. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Fritzlyn Hector, Vickie Tanner, Allison Easter, Kimmarie Elle and Stephanie Marshall in “Rhythms of Being” at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan, Dec. 7, 2022. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)
EditorialEleanor Murphy, left, 9, and Taiga Emmer, 8, who alternate as the Bunny in the New York City Ballet?s production of ?The Nutcracker,? at Lincoln Center in New York, Nov. 14, 2022. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
EditorialThe playwright Sarah Ruhl, left, and the director Rebecca Taichman at Lincoln Center in New York, Oct. 25, 2022. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
EditorialActor Ralph Fiennes on the roof of the Shed Theater, where he’s portraying Robert Moses in the play 'Straight Line Crazy’, in New York on Oct. 11, 2022. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
EditorialMadeline McIntosh, chief executive of Penguin Random House, at the company's offices in Manhattan, Feb. 13, 2020. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
EditorialA tape box containing bootleg cassettes of songs that Lou Reed wrote for the Velvet Underground, his groundbreaking 1960s band, at the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, in New York, May 16, 2022. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
EditorialThe actor Oscar Isaac, who plays the title role in the Disney+ series ?Moon Knight,? in Brooklyn on April 26, 2022. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)
EditorialTodd Tanner, who hunts and fishes in western Montana and is the founder of the nonprofit Conservation Hawks, near Kalispell, Mont. (Noah Throop/The New York Times)