Even though I've already been cast, I'm still required to audition, so I still wanted to do well and pick appropriate material.
My monologue was the one I used in Acting from the Camera last year, from the movie Kicking & Screaming. I know something from a movie isn't always what's to be used in a theatre audition, but it's an obscure piece, and the closest thing to a character resembling Danny I have in my repetoire. Like Danny, Grover [the character from the movie] is younger, is doing whatever he can for the girl he loves, and is really taking a big step to change himself for the better in the face of serious circumstances. There's nothing in the monologue that's just like anything in Baby, but I feel there's enough of a connection to my character for me to display.
I had a few ideas for my song that would suit Danny. Among them were "I'm Alive" from Next to Normal (already one of my stronger audition cuts) and Jason Robert Brown's song "Someone to Fall Back On." But I figured a smarter choice would be to reflect the more romantic side of the character and show his certainty in his commitment to Lizzie, so I decided to use "I Chose Right" as a template. I found the song in my rep book that I felt matched that perfectly; Billy Joel's "She's Got a Way" (more specifically, the arrangement used in Movin' Out). It's a beautiful song of admiration, and Joel would probably be one of Danny's idols.
As for how my execution of these went, however, I feel it could've gone better. I'm can't really pinpoint what went wrong. I just didn't feel I took the monologue far enough, and even though I sang the song well, my performance of it felt very wooden. Maybe I'm being too hard on myself as usual, but that's how it honestly felt. Even though I'm already in the show, I still wanted to prove myself to the faculty. I'll just learn from this one and move on.
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