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- Mandelbaum, Ken (1990). 'A Chorus Line' and the Musicals of Michael Bennett. St Martins Press, ISBN 0-312-04280-9
- McKechnie, Donna; Lawrence, Greg (2006). Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-7432-5520-8.