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- ↑ Dominguez, Robert."B'way Sendup Aims For Stars 'Spoof Odyssey' Defies Gravity" New York Daily News, December 7, 2000
- ↑ Sommer, Elyse."Review:'Forbidden Broadway 20001: a spoof odyssey' " curtainup.com, accessed May 21, 2011
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