Crossword Clue:

Is the first act

Answer	Crossword Clue
OPENS	Is the first act
OPENED	Had the first act
WHOOPI	First name in the "Sister Act" cast

BAEZ	Last act on the first night of Woodstock
EMERALDS	First act of the ballet "Jewels," by George
EVE	Role in the first act of "The Apple Tree"
GONG	Sound signaling the act is over
STERNLY	How the riot act is read
BRIDE	What "Elsa" is in the third act.
SHARPLY	How the riot act is usually read
ILTROVATORE	Opera whose second act is called "The Gypsy"

SENATOR	What the sponsor of the Wagner Act is.
STANDONONESFEED	Act like a hen after grain is thrown on the ground?
SCENEXIV	"Antony and Cleopatra" is the only Shakespeare play to have one (in Act IV)