| HAMLISCH | Marvin -, US composer of Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line |
| HAGLER | Marvin, US middleweight boxer nicknamed 'Marvelous' (6) |
| HARPER | Author of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (6,3) |
| ONE | Finale of the musical A Chorus Line |
| SHEILA | ___ Bryant, character in Marvin Hamlisch's musical 'A Chorus Line' (6) |
| ASTRANGELOOP | Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Michael R. Jackson, and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| UPTON | First name of Pulitzer Prize US winner Sinclair (5) |
| RENT | 1996 Pulitzer Prize winning musical |
| WRIGHT | Doug -, author of Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning 2003 stage play I Am My Own Wife (6) |
| TWO | Number of Pulitzer Prizes won by Colson Whitehead |
| CALAMITYJANE | Musical, a hit in London perhaps, heading for Edinburgh after a month |
| LOVENEVERDIES | 2010 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical; a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera |
| HALFASIXPENCE | "It's a musical," a chef explains to cook (4,1,8) |
| ONEACT | Length of the musical "A Strange Loop" |
| LOVENEVER | and 6dn, 2010 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical; a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera |
| DIES | see 2dn, 2010 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical; a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera |
| CHORUS | 1985 musical, "A - Line" |
| HAIRPIECE | Switch a musical a bit (9) |
| SENDINTHECLOWNS | Song written by U.S. composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim for his 1973 musical A Little Night Music (4,2,3,6) |
| HEARST | Bitter rival of Pulitzer |
