| Opera synopsis heading | 22 |
| Opening curtain follower | 24 |
| It's after the prologue | 27 |
| It follows the overture | 23 |
| It follows a curtain-raising | 28 |
| First part of a musical | 23 |
| Early CliffsNotes subheading | 28 |
| Beginning of The Tempest | 27 |
| "Wicked" opening? | 27 |
| "Sleuth" starter | 26 |
| "Othello" opening | 27 |
| "Othello" opener | 26 |
| "Hamlet" starter | 26 |
| "Hamlet" opener | 25 |
| Intermission follower, often | 28 |
| It may follow intermission | 26 |
| "Cats" conclusion | 27 |
| When the plot thickens, often | 29 |
| Second half of a musical | 24 |
| Middle of a play, often | 23 |
| Last part of "Cats" | 29 |
| Intermission follower, maybe | 28 |
| Intermission ender, maybe | 25 |
| Brand of microwave popcorn | 26 |
| When Romeo marries Juliet | 25 |
| When Macbeth slays Duncan | 25 |
| When Macbeth kills Duncan | 25 |
| Popular microwave popcorn | 25 |
| Microwave popcorn brand | 23 |
| It follows the first curtain | 28 |
| Half of a musical second | 24 |
| Finale of many plays: 2 wds. | 28 |
| End of "Lohengrin" | 28 |
| "Our Town" finale | 27 |
| Be part of the cast of | 22 |
| Be a part of, as a film | 23 |
| Join the cast of, as a movie | 28 |
| Words before self-defense | 25 |
| Words before good faith | 23 |
| Join the cast, as of a movie | 28 |
| Have a cast credit for | 22 |
| Be a part of, as a play | 23 |
| Be a part of, as a picture | 26 |
| Veep's possible role | 24 |
| Disobedient or mischievous | 26 |
| About to fail, perhaps | 22 |
| It follows lights and camera | 28 |
| Film director's cry | 23 |
| Director's directive | 24 |
| Fast-moving film genre | 22 |
| Shout from Martin Scorsese | 26 |
| Schwarzenegger film genre | 25 |
| "Camera" follower | 27 |
| "Camera!" follower | 28 |
| "Ahhh, O.K." | 22 |
| Rambo or Indiana Jones | 22 |
| Jackie Chan screen persona | 26 |
| Indiana Jones, for one | 22 |
| Indiana Jones or Rambo, e.g. | 28 |
| Indiana Jones or G.I. Joe | 25 |
| Consumer-help phone number | 26 |
| They speak louder than words | 28 |
| Loud speakers, supposedly | 25 |
| When Juliet drinks the potion | 29 |
| When Juliet drinks the poison | 29 |
| When Faust kills Valentin | 25 |
| When Carmen is stabbed | 22 |
| Section of a long play | 22 |
| Play's end, perhaps | 23 |
| Part of "Othello" | 27 |
| Last part of some plays | 23 |
| Last of "Aida" | 24 |
| Chekhov play ending, often | 26 |
| Call up, as reservists | 22 |
| Military classification | 23 |
| Sales rep's file label | 26 |
| Like one on the go 24/7 | 23 |
| Put your best foot forward | 26 |
| Pretend - not pretending | 24 |
| "Don't delay!" | 28 |
| Infomercial exhortation | 23 |
| Infomercial imperative | 22 |
| Urgent infomercial line | 23 |
| Advertiser's order | 22 |
| "Don't wait!" | 27 |
| Tennis scores after deuce | 25 |
| Respond to, as an opportunity | 29 |
| ___ Bell (Anne Brontë) | 25 |
| Respond to, as information | 26 |
| Respond to, as good advice | 26 |
| Give in to, as an urge | 22 |
| Follow, as a suggestion | 23 |
| Follow, as a recommendation | 27 |
| Medieval knight's garment | 29 |
| Lord ___, English historian | 27 |
| Lord ___, British historian | 27 |
| Lord ____ commenter on power | 29 |
| Locale in western London | 24 |
| Jacket plated with steel | 24 |
| Give in to, as an impulse | 25 |