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- ↑ "Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell" Archived November 28, 2018, at the Wayback Machine December 7, 2006 by Megan James Addison County Independent.
- ↑ "Anais Mitchell: Young Man In America". Glide Magazine. March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ↑ Michael Hann (April 22, 2010). "Anaïs Mitchell: Hadestown". The Guardian . Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ↑ 2019 Tony Award Winners: Full List New York Times , May 2019
- ↑ "Anais Mitchell brings "Hadestown" home | Brent's Notebook". Blogs.burlingtonfreepress.com. September 20, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ↑ "Adrian Roye & the Exiles".
