NBC's live production of The Wiz has cast David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion, the network announced Tuesday. The comedian and three-time Tony nominee will play the famed feline, who joins Dorothy on her adventure to Oz. Ted Ross originated the role when The Wiz first opened in 1975. Add new fall shows to your Watchlist now! Grier has experience as a song-and-dance man, most recently in Porgy and Bess on Broadway opposite Audra McDonald, and has TV credits including Happy Endings, Life with Bonnie and the '90s hit In Living Color.