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- ↑ "'Little Prince' suffering some growing pains". Daily News. December 30, 1981 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Mandelbaum, Ken (1991). Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops. St. Martin's Press. pp. 29–31. ISBN 0-312-06428-4.
- ↑ "'Little Prince' Closes Before Formal Opening". The New York Times. January 23, 1982. p. 14.
- ↑ Gerard, Jeremy (October 16, 1986). "Nederlander Loses Apeal Of 'Little Prince' Damages". The New York Times. p. C-14.
