AcrostiQuiz #8: Bandcrostic by BringMoreLegos

In a high-profile 1990s lawsuit, Lynn Johnson unsuccessfully claimed partial authorship of the musical Rent. What was Johnson's title in the production, an often misunderstood role that works closely with writers and directors to provide research, critique, script supervision, and other contextual support?

Silver Linings Playbook began a run of three films in which Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, and Robert DeNiro collaborated with what director?

(First letter of LAST name.)

A sphenic number is defined as a positive integer that can be written as the product of three distinct primes. Every sphenic number has exactly how many divisors?

(First letter of the number when written as a word.)

Daydream Island, part of the Whitsunday archipelago, closed to tourists for renovation after Cyclone Debbie hit the northeast coast of what Commonwealth nation in late March 2017?

The (partly cropped) film poster seen here advertises what influential 1927 feature-length science fiction epic?

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You've likely logged into a website and been asked to complete a CAPTCHA by identifying a set of images or retyping distorted words. This procedure is, according to the phrase behind the acronym, a form of what theoretical method for distinguishing human and non-human input?

Straight outta playing Dr. Dre and replacing Jack Bauer, what young actor starred opposite Allison Janney on Broadway this year in Six Degrees of Separation?

(First letter of LAST name.)

A woman named Jamie Loftus achieved a measure of viral Internet celebrity in 2017 for her unusual incremental comedy project chronicled by the hashtag "#___infinitejest." What verb fills the blank?

"Astonishing" is the showstopping Act I finale performed by Jo March in the musical adaptation of a classic novel by what author?

(First letter of LAST name.)

When his young son was bedridden with measles, the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, an Anglican cleric and transportation enthusiast, began telling stories that he would later collect and publish, including a 1946 volume introducing what enduringly popular title character?

Often shorthanded as a synonym for disorder or chaos, what concept is more accurately described as a measure of the energy within a thermodynamic system that cannot be utilized for mechanical work?

What's the title of the bugle call heard here, used to rouse soldiers in the morning? (Good luck, or as they say in French, bonne chance!)

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