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The Cowardly Lion's mane was re-created from human hair imported from Italy at a cost of $22,000, and more than twenty-one artisans worked for two years completing the conservation. [12] Comisar's Cowardly Lion costume has been featured in the national media, including on The Oprah Winfrey Show, when it was then valued at $1.5 million. [14]
Theodore Ross Roberts (June 30, 1934 – September 3, 2002) was an American actor best known for his role as the Lion in The Wiz, an all-African American reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz. He won a Tony Award for the original 1975 Broadway production and recreated the role in the 1978 film version which also starred Diana Ross (no relation ...
Irving Lahrheim (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967), known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American stage and screen actor and comedian.He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939).
The Cowardly Lion: The Wizard of Oz: Bert Lahr. Originated the role in Wicked on Broadway: Puppet. Wicked the movie: CGI lion. The Wizard of Oz: The Wizard of Oz: Frank Morgan.
Here's a look at the seven most impressive things The Wiz managed to pull off during it's romp through the fantastic world of Oz.
The Wiz is a 1978 American musical fantasy adventure film directed by Sidney Lumet. Adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical , the film reimagines the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum with an African American cast.
The Tin Man wanted a heart and the Lion wanted to be brave. Even though they thought they had to ask the Wizard to grant their wishes, they found those traits inside themselves. 5.
The project fell through due to Universal still having the film rights to adaptations of The Wiz, and the production was shelved. [37] The O.Z., a hip-hop re-adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with an all-Black cast that was to use original music rather than adapt The Wiz, was then planned by FOX and director Chris Stokes in the early ...