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- ↑ Hernandez, Ernio. "Photo Call: Tony Stock Up - Movin' Out Opens NASDAQ" playbill.com, June 6, 2003
- ↑ "Elizabeth Parkinson" broadwayworld.com
- ↑ Jones, Kenneth. "'Movin' Out' Sweeps TDF/Astaire Awards 2003", playbill.com, May 15, 2003.
- ↑ Tharp, Twyla (February 11, 2001). "Dance: Twyla Tharp Looks To Brooklyn and Beyond". The New York Times .
- ↑ Sommer, Elyse. "A CurtainUp Review;'Fosse' " curtainup.com, January 15, 1999
- ↑ Parkinson Broadway credits ibdb.com, accessed November 10, 2013
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Bernadette Peters Stars in Stephen Sondheim and Wynton Marsalis' 'A Bed and a Chair', Beginning Nov. 13" playbill.com, November 13, 2013
- ↑ Parkinson biography Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine finelinetheatrearts.com, accessed November 10, 2013
- ↑ Simonson, Robert and Hernandez, Ernio. Original "Tony-Nominated Star Parkinson to Return to Broadway's 'Movin' Out 'Feb. 8" playbill.com, February 8, 2005.
