NBC has cast David Alan Grier to play the Cowardly Lion in its live production of “The Wiz,” the network announced Tuesday.
Grier will play the fraidy cat who asks Dorothy if he can join her on her journey down the yellow brick road to Oz.
The “In Living Color” comedian joins the previously announced Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige and Stephanie Mills, known for originating the role of Dorothy on Broadway’s “The Wiz.”
Latifah will star as the Wiz, the mysterious and powerful wizard who holds the keys to the Emerald City, but whose metamorphosis from ordinary to extraordinary is itself a hoax.