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One of these locations is the primary setting of a 3.5-hour “musical reckoning” starring Manik Choksi, a 2019 collaboration between Dave Malloy and Rachel Chavkin. A 1987 Lincoln Center revival of a musical set in one of these locations starred Howard McGillin and Patti LuPone as characters who compare each other to such superlatives (15[1])as “a Waldorf salad” and “a Berlin ballad.” Moonface Martin hides in one of these locations in a musical that features Billy Crocker and (*) Reno Sweeney’s duet “You’re the Top.” For a musical named for one of these locations, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein wrote a (10[1])spiritual-inspired song associated with Paul Robeson. For 10 points, name this setting of Anything (10[1])Goes, (10[1])exemplified by the Jim Crow-era Cotton Blossom and the SS American. ■END■

ANSWER: ships [or boats; accept ocean liners or cruise ships; accept Show Boat; prompt on at sea or ocean; prompt on Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Moses KitakuleIn the Mood for BuzzASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline5315
Mike CheyneOld and Youngshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique9910
Andrew ZengMadmen and SpecialistsThe cult of SGA11310
Joel MilesPaddington in Peru (2024)bingy academy11410