As international stage favorite Marisha Wallace prepares to make her long-awaited return to Broadway as Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (aka August Wilson Theatre), a new video is offering a sneak preview of her "Maybe This Time" from the John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff musical. Watch above.
Wallace will star in the revival alongside Tony winner Billy Porter beginning July 22, both reprising their performances from the production'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 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. The performance is Porter's first time back on Broadway in nearly a decade, with the Kinky Boots Tony winner's most recent performance in 2016's Shuffle Along.
The duo will star in Cabaret through the revival's final performance October 19.
The revival also stars Calvin Leon Smith as Clifford Bradshaw, Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz, Ellen Harvey as Fraulein Schneider, Henry Gottfried as Ernst Ludwig, and Michelle Aravena as Fritzie/Kost.
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As in the production's West End run, the theatre has been transformed into an in-the-round Kit Kat Club. Ticket holders receive a "club entry time" before their show date so that everyone's able to take in the pre-show, which can even include a full dinner at some ticket levels. The prologue company, a group of 12 dancers and musicians, welcome theatregoers with a pre-show performance beginning approximately 75 minutes prior to curtain time.
Based on Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin and John Van Druten's dramatization of it, I Am a Camera, John Kander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret is set in Weimar-era Berlin as American writer Clifford Bradshaw arrives to work on his novel and soak up the debaucherous nightlife. He meets English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and a complex relationship develops, all as the Nazis ascend to power and the spectre of World War II and all its horrors loom on the horizon.
The creative team also includes choreographer Julia Cheng; club, set, and costume designer Tom Scutt; lighting designer Isabella Byrd; sound designer Nick Lidster (for Autograph); and music supervisor and director Jennifer Whyte. Hair and wig design are by Sam Cox, and Guy Common is handling makeup design. Prologue composition and music direction are by Angus MacRae, with Jordan Fein serving as prologue director. Casting is by Bernard Telsey and Kristian Charbonier, and Thomas Recktenwald serves as production stage manager.
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Marisha Wallace and company of Cabaret in the West End
Billy Porter in Cabaret in the West End
Billy Porter and company of Cabaret in the West End
Marisha Wallace and company of Cabaret in the West End
Billy Porter in Cabaret in the West End
Marisha Wallace in Cabaret in the West End
Billy Porter and company of Cabaret in the West End
Billy Porter in Cabaret in the West End
Fenton Gray and Vivien Parry in Cabaret in the West End
Billy Porter and company of Cabaret in the West End
Marisha Wallace in Cabaret in the West End
Billy Porter in Cabaret in the West End
