WATCH: Avery Wilson Says He Can Relate To His Scarecrow Character In The Wiz

Avery Wilson is making his Broadway debut playing the role of Scarecrow in &quot;The Wiz.&quot;

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00:00I relate to my character so much.

00:02The Scarecrow is truly someone who, in the group of us, of the heroes, the lion, the tin man, and Dorothy,

00:09he doesn't have a brain in that way, but he's not not smart.

00:13He believes in his smartness, but it's hard for some people to see,

00:17and that's only because he's been trapped in an environment where people have created this space for him not to believe,

00:24for him not to think that he can.

00:26I do have a backstory in this production.

00:29You know, I was a scientist before, and I feel like, you know, I'm not a scientist, but I do scientific things,

00:34whether it be music or not.

00:36But yeah, I connect to him because he got out of the environment that was holding him back,

00:41and for so long in my music career prior to this, and just in life period,

00:45I felt like I allowed a lot of people in my environments to trap me or to create that prism in my mind

00:52to think that I couldn't or I can't.

00:54So to be here and to live this over and over and over again every night is really just a testament to me,

00:59to let me know that there is possibilities on the other side of what people deem you

01:03or what they allow you to have, for sure.