WATCH: How Avery Wilson Channels His 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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00:00How do I fully channel my character on stage?

00:04You know what? I think I just... art imitates life.

00:08I don't forget my story, which is, you know, adjacent, I think, to this character.

00:13So, I pray when I'm on the pole before the trees open up,

00:18and I make sure that I just am very thankful and very grateful for this moment,

00:22and I really inject my true, honest experience of life into this moment, you know,

00:28to think about the moments that I didn't feel like I was winning,

00:31or I did feel like I was trapped, or, you know, the moments, the great moments, too,

00:35where I felt like people in my life that cared about me came and saved me.