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- ↑ Geier, Thom. "The Neil Simon Plays. 'Brighton Beach memoirs' ew.com (webcache), October 26, 2009
- ↑ Base, Ron. "Comedy writer Neil Simon is a serious success", The Toronto Star, December 27, 1986, p.H1
- ↑ "'Brighton Beach Memoirs' Listing" Internet Broadway Database Listing, accessed April 13, 2012
- ↑ "'Biloxi Blues' Listing" Internet Broadway Database, accessed April 13, 2012
- ↑ "'Broadway Bound' Listing" Internet Broadway Database, accessed April 13, 2012
- 1 2 "'Brighton Beach Memoirs'" suntimes.com, December 25, 1986
- ↑ "Listing" Internet Movie Database, accessed April 13, 2012
- 1 2 Ebert, Roger. "'Biloxi Blues'" Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine suntimes.com, March 25, 1988
- 1 2 Erickson, Hal. "'Broadway Bound' (1992)" movies.nytimes.com, accessed April 13, 2012
- ↑ "A Life in the Theater". Conversations with Neil Simon. University Press of Mississippi. 2019. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-4968-2290-1.