Marisha Wallace's show-stopping, star-making "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)," from the West End and Broadway favorite's upcoming live album, hits streaming networks July 4—but Playbill has an exclusive first listen above. The performance is from a London concert that will be released as a live album August 15 from Westway Music and Center Stage Records—pre-save here. Wallace's "Maybe This Time" from the release hit streaming platforms June 20.
Wallace will star in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club née August Wilson Theatre on Broadway alongside Billy Porter beginning July 22, both reprising their performances from the revival's West End bow, directed by Rebecca Frecknall. Wallace, a veteran of the original Broadway companies of Aladdin and Something Rotten!, is making a return to New York after becoming a star on London's West End—a journey that began with a last-minute replacement as Effie White in the U.K. Dreamgirls revival (singing "And I Am Telling You") and has since seen her make star turns as Miss Adelaide in Bridge Theatre's immersive Guys and Dolls, Ado Annie in the West End bow of Daniel Fish's Tony-winning Oklahoma! revival, and more.
Wallace and Porter will star in Cabaret through the revival's final performance October 19.
Marisha Wallace: Live in London takes the stage star back to London's Adelphi, where she starred in the West End run of Waitress. She's joined by Waitress co-stars Lucie Jones and Laura Baldwin during the performance, to sing "Opening Up" and "A Soft Place to Land" from the Sara Bareilles score. The track list also includes songs from Gypsy, The Color Purple, Aida, Annie, Funny Girl, Dreamgirls, and Hairspray.
“Live in London was recorded at the historic Adelphi Theatre—a place that holds my heart, where I once took to the stage night after night in Waitress, pouring my soul into every song," said Wallace in an earlier statement. "This album is a labor of love, a celebration of the music that brought me here, and a thank-you to every person who’s been part of this extraordinary journey. Each song on this album tells a chapter of that story. The anthems you’ve loved me for, the ballads that held my heart, and the showstoppers that lit the path forward. This is more than a concert—it’s a reminder that you don’t have to start with much to become something extraordinary.”
The album is being produced by Ben Robbins and Wallace, and executive-produced by Van Dean, Brian Spector, Michael Scott, Robbie Rozelle, and O'Brien.