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- ↑ Dietz, Dan (2017). The Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 217. ISBN 9781442278011.
- ↑ David P. DeVenney (29 July 2009). The New Broadway Song Companion: An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature by Voice Type and Song Style. Scarecrow Press. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-0-8108-6944-8 . Retrieved 26 April 2013.