Following the September 5 announcement that The Today Show’s Al Roker would be joining the cast of Broadway’s Waitress, beloved the weatherman took television viewers inside a recent voice lesson.
Following the September 5 announcement that The Today Show’s Al Roker would be joining the cast of Broadway’s Waitress, beloved the weatherman took television viewers inside a recent voice lesson.
Veteran Broadway voice teacher Deric Rosenblatt coaches Roker on his big solo “Take It From an Old Man” in the clip below.
.@alroker is heading to Broadway! He’s joining the cast of @WaitressMusical! pic.twitter.com/KQ5fsEzPvT
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 5, 2018
“I'm very nervous,” he confesses. “I think as a singer, I'm a terrific weatherman.”
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