Melissa Benoist Wore a Technicolor Dreamcoat on Her Birthday | Birthday Stories | W Magazine

In this episode of Birthday Stories, Melissa Benoist discusses her love for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and the 11th birthday party her parents threw for her based on that theme. The big-budget "Supergirl," which first premiered on CBS but is moving to the CW for its upcoming second season, is a smart, feminist translation of the DC universe onto the small screen. And its caped star, Melissa Benoist, is a welcome piece of unexpected casting, having come from the song-and-dance school of "Glee." For the Royals portfolio, we paired her with one of the stalwarts of the first wave of superheroines, Halle Berry, who first appeared as the thunderbolt-throwing Storm, in 2000's X-Men. What was the first thing you auditioned for? I think the first thing I ever auditioned for was my aunt's church production of Alice in Wonderland. And she did give me a part. She was a good aunt, and I played the Ace of Spades and the Bread and Butterfly. This was in Aurora, Colorado, and I missed two of my entrances. [Laughs] I was four. Did you get the acting bug? Oh, yeah. I had the bug before that, I think. I would put on productions for my family. Oh, really? You wrote them? Yeah, or it was just me dancing to Bon Jovi for all my stuffed animals. "Dead or Alive." [Laughs] My family would videotape me secretly. Because I would be shy and stop if I saw them with a camera. Was there a moment you told your parents you wanted to be an actress? No, I don’t think there was