Photo Coverage: James Earl Jones Talks DAISY at TimesTalks

This fall, some of the brightest names in film, television, theater, books, popular music, technology and culinary arts are sitting down with New York Times journalists for TimesTalks events at TheTimesCenter. Yesterday evening, September 20, TimesTalks hosted James Earl Jones, the award-winning actor in conversation with the New York Time's Patrick Healy. Jones is returning to Broadway in October in "Driving Miss Daisy" alongside Vanessa Redgrave, and discussed his work in theater, film and TV. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the photo op and brings you coverage below!

Participants in this year's TimesTalks include restaurateurs Donatella Arpaia, Heston Blumenthal, Ken Friedman and Danny Meyer; writer and humorist Roy Blount, Jr.; Food Network creator/producer/host/author Alton Brown; celebrated chefs Daniel Boulud, Bobby Flay, Jose Garces, Masaharu Morimoto, Rene Redzepi, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Michael White; "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Scream" director Wes Craven; author/director/writer/producer Guillermo del Toro; writer/director/producer Nora Ephron; award-winning actor James Earl Jones; humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor; award-winning singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant; author Lemony Snicket with illustrator Maira Kalman; actress/ playwright/professor Anna Deavere Smith; Tony, Grammy, Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winning composer lyricist Stephen Sondheim; former United States Foreign Service diplomat Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV; from The New York Times, magazine writer Frank Bruni; culture reporter Patricia Cohen; theater reporter Patrick Healy; food writer Julia Moskin; chief pop music critic Jon Pareles; technology columnist David Pogue; Op-Ed columnist Frank Rich; food writer Kim Severson; Op-Ed editor David Shipley; dining editor Pete Wells; and theater critic Jason Zinoman.

The above TimesTalks event takes place at TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City. For additional information or to purchase advance tickets, which are $30 plus service fees, call 1.888.NYT.1870 or visit www.TimesTalks.com.

To catch Jones in Driving Miss Daisy on Broadway, visit http://www.daisyonbroadway.com.

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James Earl Jones and Patrick Healy

James Earl Jones and Patrick Healy

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