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- ↑ Isherwood, Charles. "Breaking Out of the Box (and Into a Song)" The New York Times, July 25, 2013
- ↑ Rank, Julia. " 'I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road' review at Jermyn Street Theatre – ‘energetic’" The Stage, July 11, 2016
- ↑ "Cryer & Ford – Taking The Act To City Center" samuelfrench.com, July 26, 2013
- ↑ Episodes sctvguide.ca
- ↑ original London cast album, That's Entertainment Records TER 1006 (1981) (distributed by Varèse Sarabande)
- ↑ Turan, Kenneth; Papp, Joseph (2010-11-02). Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told. New York, NY: Anchor. ISBN 0767931696.