White credits the Code Black writing team for recognizing the humanity in a non-human story.
It’s a powerful song, especially when you’re talking about somebody’s death. The two arcs culminate in a performance of the musical’s anthem “They Live In You.' “We must have done the ending 15 to 20 times,” he recalls. The episode weaves Lawrence’s storyline with a son preparing to say goodbye to his dying father. If something happens to my gift, what will I do then?”
“For a lot of performers,” White explains, “that’s what we fear. He’s forced to confront a high-stakes medical procedure that could cause permanent vocal damage. White plays Lawrence, an actor under extreme vocal stress. The episode, titled “The Son Rises,” features two plots highlighting the Disney musical-one directly and one thematically-and unites White with cast members from the national tour, which was in Costa Mesa at the time of filming. “But really, to be able to solidify on film with such a beautiful storyline was pretty amazing.” “I had to really dig deep and find him,” White joked while talking to. The actor has a featured role on the November 25 episode of the CBS medical drama Code Black, starring Marcia Gay Harden. The Lion King alum Alton Fitzgerald White, who’s played Mufasa over 4,000 times on Broadway and across the country, has taken on a new role that’s all sorts of meta: an actor playing Mufasa.
