Question

During an interview to promote one of these works, a creator of one called Take a Left repeats “mutter, mutter, mutter, mutter” to mock the so-called “corporation” next to him. While making one of these works, a man talks to his “daily self-loathing” and a white (10[1])“Inwood Daddy,” two of his personified “Thoughts.” A man starts out making these works, has an affair with Gussie, and feuds with Charley Kringas in reverse chronology scenes about the life of that man, Franklin Shepard. A queer Black usher (-5[1])develops one of these works in Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop, which itself is one of them. (10[1])One of these works billed as a “gay romp with Adolf and Eva,” the intentionally bad Springtime (10[1])for Hitler, appears in The Producers. (10[1])For 10 points, what works include Merrily (10[1])We Roll Along, created by Stephen Sondheim? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: musicals [or stage musicals; or musical theatre; accept musicals-within-a-musical; accept stage revues; prompt on plays or theatre or stage works; prompt on songs by asking “for what larger works?”] (The song in the first sentence is “Franklin Shepard, Inc.” from Merrily We Roll Along.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Simon ZimmermanOhio State AMichigan B4510
Andrew HarmsMichigan StateOhio State B85-5
Elizabeth WallaceKenyonMichigan D10310
Todd MaslykMichigan ACase Western A12010
Stevie MillerCarnegie Mellon ACarnegie Mellon B12610
Carter PisockyMichigan CCase Western B13310
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BMichigan State14110

Summary

Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%111.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y1100%0%0%116.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%110.20
Northeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%78.33