David Alan Grier is joining NBC’s upcoming holiday production of “The Wiz Live!,” set for Thursday, December. 3.
Grier will play the Cowardly Lion who asks Dorothy if he can join her in her journey down the Yellow Brick Road, and asks the Wiz for some courage, which he is severely lacking.
He joins the previously-cast Queen Latifah, Stephanie Mills and Mary J. Blige to the telecast.
Queen Latifah stars as the Wiz, and Mary J. Blige will play Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West.
Stephanie Mills (who played Dorothy in the original Broadway production of “The Wiz”) will portray Auntie Em in NBC’s December production.
“The Wiz Live!” is adapted from “The Wonderful…
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