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- ↑ "2012 Lucille Lortel Awards Winners - ONCE, CHERRY ORCHARD & SONS OF THE PROPHET Win Big!". Broadwayworld.com. May 6, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ↑ Healy, Patrick (May 6, 2012). "'Once' and 'Sons of the Prophet' Win Smaller-Show Honors". The New York Times . Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Tony Awards Nominees". American Theatre Wing . Retrieved August 10, 2023.
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