Wiz Audition Evaluation

To prepare for my audition I watched the 2015 version of The Wiz, for the audition we had to choose preferably either a moetown ballad or upbeat song. From the watching the Wiz I chose to sing I Know Where I've Been from Hairspray as my ballad and Ain't no mountain by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell as my upbeat song. I had decided that i wanted to go for the evil witch or Dorothy, because of this when i watched it again i focused on their two characters and their specific characteristics and how I could use them within my audition songs for example in the witch song she uses a lot of hand movements/gestures and Dorothy is quite sassy when she sings and uses a lot of emotion so i tried to use emotion when needed in my ballad this characteristic also was another reason why i chose my two songs as they contrasted well therefore I could show a range of emotions which is what Dorothy goes through within the show.

In the actual audition I ended up only singing my ballad from Hairspray as i felt it was my stronger song from the two.

My strengths of my performance were that I had good control over my voice when going through the climax of the song and my characterisation to help portray my emotions. My weaknesses were that I was a bit still and could have moved more, also my projection within my acting and looked at the audience more. To improve my weaknesses for next time I can block my song before I go into the audition so that I know what im doing and also practice in front of a small group like friends or family to make sure I project well.

In the final cast list I got Dorothy I am happy with this as I think it will challenge me and help me improve my overall performance skills, I have played a main role before and it excites me as I like to have a lot to do within a show. I think the rest of the casting was really good as well as I can visualise people as their characters. Overall I think that our production is going to be successful and fun.