ENTERTAINMENT / ARTS-themed crossword No. 5
by Jo James

Across

11980s-90s US sitcom set in a Boston bar (6)
5Swift's traveller to Lilliput, etc. (8)
9Writing's on the wall for this street art? (8)
10Forgetful actor's assistance (6)
11/8Andrew Lloyd-Webber's smash roller skating musical (9,7)
12Jane – actress, writer and cook (5)
14Cole, US composer and lyricist (6)
16German Dadaist/Surrealist painter of dreamlike landscapes (3,5)
18German town, home to annual opera festival (8)
21Astaire/Rodgers movie might go to your head! (3,3)
23Goethe's play about a legendary 'soul- seller' (5)
25London theatre – where Lillie Langtry made first notable appearance (9)
28Pierre-Auguste, French Impressionist painter (6)
29Small symphony orchestra (8)
30E.g. Tchaikovsky's 'Pathetique' or Beethoven's 'Eroica' (8)
31Spring holiday cry for help? (3,3)

Down

2C S Forester's seafaring hero, __ Hornblower (7)
3Author of 'A Passage to India' (1,1,7)
4Isaac Asimov's genre of literature (3-2)
5John, wrote best-sellers 'The Client', 'The Firm' (7)
6Sexy character in film/TV's 'Mash', Hot __ (4)
7Religious paintings of Jesus or other holy figures (5)
8See 11 Across
13Where you head for at the end of a show? (4)
15Michel and Albert, French saucy chefs? (4)
17Company putting on various plays etc. for short periods (9)
19Society for the promotion / teaching of e.g. art (7)
20Pop group created by TV's 'Popstars' – rumour has it! (7)
22Show-stopping number from 'West Side Story' (7)
24Evelyn Waugh's book about war reporter William Boot (5)
26Musical note, worth two crotchets (5)
27Group of three performers (4)

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