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References
- Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater, Napoleon, Davi. Iowa State University Press ISBN 0-8138-1713-7, 1991. A chronicle of the onstage productions and offstage troubles at the Chelsea Theater Center.
- Contradictions: Notes on twenty-six years in the theatre (Hardcover), Prince, Harold. Dodd, Mead ISBN 0-396-07019-1, 1974 autobiography features a chapter on his production of Candide at the Chelsea Theater Center.
- Hewes, Henry. "An Egoless Theater. " in Saturday Review, 29 July 1972, p. 66
- Napoleon, Davi. "Staging the Unexpected at the Chelsea Theater Center." in Showbill February 1980. Stories of adventurous productions the Chelsea moved from Off-Broadway to on.
- Napoleon, Davi. "Chelsea Goes Loco, Gears Up for Speed Trip." Courier Life Newspapers (Brooklyn, NY), 3 January 1977. Napoleon is a fly on the wall at Des McAnuff's rehearsal of "The Crazy Locomotive," with Glenn Close and other luminaries, produced by Michael David.
- Napoleon, Davi. "Chelsea's Michael David." in The Phoenix (Brooklyn, NY), 23 January 1975 p 14. Profile of executive director Michael David.
- Severo, Richard. "The Chelsea: Success Story in Brooklyn, of All Places." in New York Times 28 May 1974
- Tallmer,Jerry. "A Theater Grows in Brooklyn." in New York Post 20 March 1973
