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- ↑ Billings Studio Theater Archived January 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , official site
- ↑ ""Les Miserables" at Billings Studio Theatre : Entertainment". Billings Gazette. 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- ↑ "Billings Studio Theatre - Billings, MT". virtualmontana. Retrieved 2013-12-01.