Sarah Jessica Parker Wears Wings at New York City Ballet’s Fall Gala

Ball gowns with opera gloves, sequinned bodycon dresses and jumpsuits were flaunted Wednesday evening as dozens of actors and guests posed for cameras and curious onlookers before heading to Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater for the New York City Ballet’s annual fall gala.

“I laid out six dresses on the bed, and this was the last one before I sweated through menopause,” said Bridget Everett, the comedian, “Somebody Somewhere” actress and gala co-chair, who wore a strapless dress with orange and white vertical stripes.

The crowd included actress Sarah Jessica Parker, vice chair of the ballet company’s board of directors, and her husband, actor Matthew Broderick; Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, accompanied by his fiancée, writer and former ballerina Melanie Hamrick; actress Amy Sedaris; comedian and drag king actor Murray Hill; and reality TV star Olivia Palermo.

But there was one notable group missing from the red carpet: the company dancers.

In a letter sent to management, signed by the entire company, the dancers said they would boycott the event’s red carpet and dinners — even if they performed — due to a “lack of progress” in negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement. The previous three-year agreement, negotiated with the American Guild of Musical Artists, expired on August 31.