Historical clue formulations

• Top billing — 2024-08-13
• Ambition for an actor — 2017-06-11
• *Rick Blaine in 17-Across, e.g. — 2007-07-17
• Star's part — 2006-01-17
• Romeo or Juliet — 2005-10-09
• Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind" — 2002-05-12