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- ↑ "Lap Chi Chu - Lortel Archives". www.lortel.org. Archived from the original on 2016-02-29.
- ↑ "Lap Chi Chu Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos".
- ↑ "Camelot - Who's Who".
- ↑ "Suffs The Musical".