| "The Advocate" (USA) | 26 April 1996, Iss. 704, pg. 56+58, by: Alan Frutkin, "The Oscars '96: Marc Shaiman" |
| "The Washington Post" (USA) | 17 July 2005, Vol. 128, Iss. 224, pg. N1+N6, by: Nelson Pressley, "'Hairspray' Composer, Teasing Out Success: Shaiman Paved a Long Path to Broadway" |
| "The New Yorker" (USA) | 15 April 2002, pg. 28+30 , by: Rebecca Mead, "The Boards: Beehives on Broadway" |
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