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- ↑ "Actor Tzi Ma Rides 'Hell On Wheels' to New Heights". AsAm News. 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ↑ "Theater". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Lortel Archives--The Internet Off-Broadway Database". www.lortel.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.
- ↑ Winner's Archive - CINE
- ↑ "Signature Theatre in New York City".