| HAMLISCH | Marvin ?, US composer of Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line (8) |
| HAGLER | Marvin, US middleweight boxer nicknamed 'Marvelous' (6) |
| HARPER | Author of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (6,3) |
| HARBISON | John ?, US composer of 1999 opera The Great Gatsby (8) |
| SONDHEIM | Creator of the musicals A Little Night Music and Follies |
| SHEILA | ___ Bryant, character in Marvin Hamlisch's musical 'A Chorus Line' (6) |
| ONE | Finale of the musical A Chorus Line |
| BOLCOM | William ?, US composer of operas McTeague, A View from the Bridge and A Wedding |
| ASTRANGELOOP | Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Michael R. Jackson, and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| WRIGHT | Doug -, author of Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning 2003 stage play I Am My Own Wife (6) |
| UPTON | First name of Pulitzer Prize US winner Sinclair (5) |
| RENT | 1996 Pulitzer Prize winning musical |
| ANTHEIL | George ?, US composer of operas Helen Retires and Transatlantic (7) |
| ROREM | Ned ?, US composer of the operas Bertha, Our Town and Miss Julie (5) |
| SOUSA | John Philip ?, US composer of the march The Stars and Stripes Forever (5) |
| PARTCH | Harry ?, US composer; inventor of musical instruments the diamond marimba and chromelodeon |
| TWO | Number of Pulitzer Prizes won by Colson Whitehead |
| HALFASIXPENCE | "It's a musical," a chef explains to cook (4,1,8) |
| ZWILICH | Ellen ?, US composer whose Symphony no 1 (Three Movements for Orchestra) won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
| KENTON | Stan ?, US composer and pianist associated with the big band progressive jazz style of the 1950s (6) |
