| HAMLISCH | Marvin ___, US composer of Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Chorus Line (8) |
| HARPER | Author of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (6,3) |
| GAYE | Marvin _; US soul singer shot by his father (4) |
| HARBISON | John ___, US composer of 1999 opera The Great Gatsby (8) |
| SONDHEIM | Stephen ___, US composer and lyricist (8) |
| SHEILA | ___ Bryant, character in Marvin Hamlisch's musical 'A Chorus Line' (6) |
| ONE | Finale of the musical A Chorus Line |
| 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 |
| ROREM | Ned ___, US composer of the operas Bertha, Our Town and Miss Julie (5) |
| ANTHEIL | George ___, US composer of operas Helen Retires and Transatlantic (7) |
| SOUSA | John Philip ___, US composer of the march The Stars and Stripes Forever (5) |
| KERN | Jerome ___, US composer of musicals including 1927's Show Boat (4) |
| LOEWE | Frederick ___, US composer of Brigadoon, My Fair Lady and Camelot, all with librettos by Alan Jay Lerner |
| RODGERS | Richard _, US composer of musicals noted for his collaborations with librettists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein ll (7) |
| TWO | Number of Pulitzer Prizes won by Colson Whitehead |
| HALFASIXPENCE | "It's a musical," a chef explains to cook (4,1,8) |
| CAGE | John ___, US composer whose works include 1951's Music of Changes (4) |
