It Don't Mean a Thing
Performers of musicals from the Jazz Age tend to sing with this kind of tone.
What is bright and vibrant?
Performers of Golden Age musicals tend to sound like singers of this other performance art.
What is opera?
The "Diversity Era," also known as the "Post-Golden Age," was the introduction of these types of instruments into the theater.
What are rock instruments? (Or, what are drums and guitars?)
This is the one word you should associate with the Mega-Musical Era.
What is big?
Contemporary musicals are known for pushing these.
What are boundaries?
The lyrics of Jazz Age musicals tend to be this.
What is clever/witty?
Plots of Golden Age musicals tend to remind people of this type of modern film.
What are Hallmark movies?
The Diversity Era rejected the operatic sound of the previous era in favor of this style of singing.
What is commercial/rough/rock-style singing?
The Mega-Musical Era took these elements of both of the previous era's orchestras and combined them together.
What are classical orchestras and rock bands?
Musicals of the Contemporary Era are written for vocalists who can do this.
What is belting?
Orchestras playing Jazz Age repertoire include a lot of these two instrument families.
What are brass and woodwinds?
Orchestras playing Golden Age repertoire tend to be heavy in this instrument family.
What are strings?
The Diversity Era included musicals that had both a classical orchestra style and rock and roll style, like in this famous one-word musical.
What is Hair?
The sets, props, costumes, orchestras, ensembles, and everything else of the Mega-Musical Era made Broadway tickets this.
What is more expensive?
Contemporary Era shows can include pop-rock influence, classical orchestras, or, like Hamilton, this genre of music.
What is hip-hop/rap?
Musicals from the Jazz Age tended to start with this element first and then add the story later.
What is the music?
Singers of the Golden Age tended to be classically trained, often of these two now-neglected voice parts.
What are sopranos and baritones?
The Diversity Era was characterized by a focus on the diversity of both sound and story, which meant that this was more important than the lyrics.
What is the vibe/authenticity?
The voices of the Mega-Musical Era sounded less like the operatic Golden Age voices and the Diversity Era's grittiness to make voices sound more like this.
What is bright and loud?
The stories of Contemporary Era musicals tend to be less like the Golden Age stories and more this.
Jazz Age musicals can be best characterized as having this type of energy.
What is high energy?
Golden Age musicals, also known as the first "book" musicals, prioritized this just as much as the music.
What is the script or libretto?
The Diversity Era was a rejection of the Golden Age because it stopped focusing on sweet, wholesome stories in favor of this.
What are real-world stories?
This company got into Broadway during the Mega-Musical Era and made a lot of money.
The lyrics of Contemporary Era musicals tend to involve less crisp diction (e.g., pronunciation of the words) because, unlike previous eras, they are more this.
What is faster?