34. "RE: Can he sing like that? Live?" In response to In response to 32
>Yeah. I think so. While he's not anywhere near as good as the >other two actors you recommended as a singer, the cowardly >lion is more about 'character' singing rather than being a >great singer (in my opinion).
Let me stop you there. I understand your opinion, but the facts of the matter are that The Wiz doesn't work if you don't have superior singers in these roles. The Lion in particular has to be able to bring down the house (or studio set in this case) with "I'm a Mean Ole Lion" and "Be a Lion", two songs with serious notes in them. It's equally about character _and_ being a great singer. It's a musical!
But that all depends on the >direction they choose.
It's being produced by Zadan & Meron. They go full musical. This isn't going to be a spoken-through. half sung thing. They ned someone who can actually sing. > >Nipsey Russel was NOT known as a singer and yet....
...and yet he was fuck-terrible whenever it was time for him to sing. Pretty much anyone else who's played the Tinman besides Russell has done a job of some magnitude better.