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- ↑ "Keegan and Constellation shine on their historic D.C. stages". The Washington Post. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
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- ↑ "Ireland Tour Productions – the Keegan Theatre". Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2018-08-06.