Sept. 22: The New York City Ballet had a gala forthe premiere of "Ocean's Kingdom," with a scoreby Paul'Mcf.artney and choreography by Peter

Mardns. Mr-.McCartney'sdaughter Stella designedthe costumes. Dinner fol-lowed, and the eveningraised $4 million.1. MARLENE HESS.2. PAUL McCARTNEYand STELLA McCARTNEY.3. MICHELE RIGGIand PETER MARTINS.4. PATRICIA SHIAH.S. SARAH JESSICA PARKER.6. BARBARA VOGELSTEINin a fashion prize, RalphRucci's evening bolero.7. LUCIA HWaNG-GORDON onthe mirrored dance floor.8, From left, JEANSHAFIROFF, TILER P.ECKand ALEXANDRA LEBENTHAL.9. SUSAN KRYSIEWICZ,left, and FE FENDI.10. RALPH LAUREN .and RICKY LAUREN.•• • 11. BEVERLY D'ANNE.• 12. SUZANNE MURPHY.

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Sept. 26: The AmericanTheater Wing, which awardsthe Tonys with the BroadwayLeague, gave its annual gala,at the Plaza.13. HOWARD STRINGER,the evening's honoree,and ANGELA LANSBURY.14. JIM DALEand JULIE DALE.15. From left,ELIZABETH STRIBLING,CeCe BLACK andPIA LINDSTROM.