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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

For last week's theme, the first hint we gave was: "it's certainly been a tiring week (see above note), but you shouldn't cry for us, especially if you're in Argentina." On Saturday, we added: "If you're still working on the headline theme, we'll say that you might want to think about the Great White Way (although not the same Great White Way that Stephen Miller has in mind)." In response to that hint, reader D.E. in Lancaster, PA offered this observation:

Au contraire, mon amis, it IS the same as Stephen Miller's Great White Way. I'm talking the musical within a musical, The Producers' "Springtime For Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden!" I could really see Miller making a good go at playing Franz Liebkind—he would be a natural. See, you guys are more clever than you knew (or maybe you should just say that was your intention all along).

We wished we'd thought of it, but no, it wasn't our intention. And now, in case it's not already obvious, here is the solution, courtesy of reader M.M. in Dunellen, NJ:

Broadway musicals!

In the House: Johnson Herds the Cats—Cats

In the Senate: Thune Decides to Deep-Six the Filibuster for CRA "Reviews"—Six

In the Supreme Court: Sorry, Oklahoma! No Religious Charter Schools for You (For Now)—Oklahoma!

Trump Administration vs. Harvard: DHS Comes Down Wicked Hard on Foreign Students—Wicked

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Elvis Is the King and I Am the Queen—The King and I

This Week in Schadenfreude: A Hair-Raising Blunder—Hair

This Week in Freudenfreude: Grease Is Sooooo 20th Century—Grease

We didn't expect this level of detail in readers' answers, but just to make sure we didn't use anything too obscure, we limited ourselves to musicals that had at least 1,000 performances. That includes You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown from this item's headline (1,597 performances in its original run). Our first hint referred to the musical Evita (1,567 performances), and the second to the most common nickname for Broadway.

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

J.D. in Jamaica Plain, MA
J.G. in Truro, England, UK
S.G. in Durham, NC
G.M.K. in Mishawaka, IN
M.S. in Canton, NY
M.Y. in San Jose, CA
J.F. in Fayetteville, NC
G.W. in Avon, CT
R D. in Cheshire, CT
K.G.W. in Lafayette, IN
T.F. in Craftsbury Common, VT
J.T. in Philadelphia, PA
N.H. in London, England, UK
M.M. in Dunellen
P.R. in Kirksville, MO
K.H. in Maryville, TN
K.J. in Paw Paw, MI
M.T. in Simpsonville, SC
D.E. in High Springs, FL
T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
A.D. in Vass, NC
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
M.W. in Altea, Spain
W.V. in San Jacinto, CA
D.P. in Mt Rainier, MD

D.K. in Bethesda, MD
J.A. in Queretaro, Mexico
R.P.E.H. in London, England, UK
A.L. in Ottawa, ON, Canada
M.K. in Rye, NY
M.F. in Goshen, KY
D.D. in Highland Park, IL
J.W. in York, England, UK
J.T. in Madison, WI
B.R. in Arlington, MA
K.F. in Berea, KY
A.H. in Newberg, OR
M.M. in Charlottesville, VA
R.R. in Lancaster, PA
B.K. in Mystic, CT
B.W. in Tyngsborough, MA
S.A. in Clinton, WA
P.D. in Leamington, ON, Canada
R.E. in Birmingham, AL
D.P. in San Jose, CA
D.L. in Uslar, Germany
N.S. in Fayetteville, NY
S.W. in Corvallis, OR
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
B.E. in Brooklyn, NY

The 50th correct response was received at 7:31 a.m. PT on Friday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, it's in the category Literature, and it does not include the item about the administration's vile immigration policies. For a hint, we'll say that one of the headlines is actually a little TOO on the nose, but we just couldn't resist.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line May 30 Headlines. (Z)

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