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- 1 2 "Kirsten Wyatt Credits on Broadway" Internet Broadway Database
- ↑ "Grease's Kirsten Wyatt Discusses Broadway, Taylor Hicks and American Idol". Taylor's Angels. September 24, 2008.
- ↑ "UC alumni currently or recently on Broadway". UC Magazine. University of Cincinnati.
- ↑ Grease on Broadway Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Beyond Race Magazine Interview with Sean Nowell
