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- ↑ "Press Kit". Bay Street Theatre. Archived from the original on 2007-12-23. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- 1 2 Klein, Alvin. "Clarity Meets Reality in Trio's 'By the Sea'", The New York Times (Long Island Weekly section), August 20, 1995, L125
- ↑ Canby, Vincent. "Theater Review; From 3 Playwrights, 9 Characters in Search Of Fun in the Hamptons" The New York Times, May 31, 1996
- ↑ Gordon, Wally. "Regional Review. 'By the Sea, by the Sea, by the Beautiful Sea'" talkinbroadway.com, January 13, 2014