Jay Ellis stars as an American rapper who falls for his Afghan interpreter at an Army base in Charles Randolph-Wright’s new play.

A version of this article appears in print on June 18, 2025, Section A, Page 25 of the New York edition with the headline: Alfred Brendel, Bravura Pianist Who Bloomed at Own Pace, Dies at 94.

Part 3 of Richard O. Boyer’s “The Hot Bach” Profile series about the jazz musician Duke Ellington and his rise to international fame during the Jim Crow era.