As we get into the later weeks of December, more and more people are taking advantage of the plethora of holiday films filling most online streaming services.

Unlike in film, young adults in musical theater rarely get to portray characters their own age. Typically, alongside the adult characters, shows have one or two young characters that are usually around nine or ten years old.

In the world of musical theater, shows are often separated into groups depending on when they were written. Shows written from around 1940 to 1970 are called Golden Age productions, while shows written from 2000 to the present are considered more contemporary.

Ask almost anyone you meet on the street if they have a subscription to a video streaming service; you’ll get very few replies “no.” Whether it’s Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+ or HBO Max, streaming has become the most popular way to view movies and TV shows.

While people across the country have caught the Hamilton craze, the rap musical released in 2015 about one of our founding fathers is not Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first or only Broadway show.

In recent years, Netflix has strived to populate its online streaming collection with an assortment of musical theater movies and shows. From classics like Grease, to new movie musicals such as Mary Poppins Returns, there’s a pretty sizable selection to choose from.

For many of us who love the performing arts, quarantine hasn’t been easy. How are you supposed to go see a show at a local theater or sit in the back row of an incredibly choreographed dance performance, when neither of these things can happen?