How to Cite a Performance

A live performance: a play, a musical, a concert or a dance.

What You'll Need

Performance Title
Short title
Director/Choreographer
Composer/Playwright
Venue
City
Performance Date
Performance Type

Note the performers, director, venue, city, and date. Distinguish between the original work and the specific performance.

Example Citations

APA 7th edition
Miranda, L.-M. (2015, August 6). Hamilton [Musical].
In-text (Miranda, 2015)
MLA 9th edition
Miranda, Lin-Manuel. Hamilton. Musical. New York, NY, 6 Aug. 2015.
In-text (Miranda)
Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)
Miranda, Lin-Manuel. Hamilton. Musical. New York, NY, August 6, 2015.
Footnote Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton, Musical, New York, NY, August 6, 2015.
Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition)
Kail, T. (2015) ‘Hamilton’. New York, NY.
In-text (Kail, 2015)
IEEE
[1]
T. Kail, “Hamilton.” New York, NY, Aug. 06, 2015.
In-text [1]

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.

Vancouver
1.
Kail T. Hamilton. New York, NY; 2015.
In-text (1)

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.

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