West End and Broadway favorite Marisha Wallace is releasing a live album, recorded at her sold-out solo show at London's Adelphi Theatre in March. The full album will drop August 15 from Westway Music and Center Stage Records. The first single, Wallace's "Maybe This Time," will stream beginning June 20. Pre-save the release .
Wallace was most recently seen in the West End run of Cabaret as Sally Bowles, opposite Billy Porter's Emcee. She was in the original Broadway companies of Aladdin and Something Rotten! before becoming a last-minute replacement as Effie White in London's Dreamgirls revival in 2016, flying to the U.K. and joining the production overnight after a string of cast illnesses necessitated a new performer. Wallace has made most of her career in London ever since, including notable stints as Miss Adelaide in the Bridge Theatre's long-running, immersive Guys and Dolls and Ado Annie in the West End run of Daniel Fish's Oklahoma! revival.
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.
鈥�Live in London was recorded at the historic Adelphi Theatre鈥攁 place that holds my heart, where I once took to the stage night after night in Waitress, pouring my soul into every song," says Wallace in a 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鈥檚 been part of this extraordinary journey. Each song on this album tells a chapter of that story. The anthems you鈥檝e loved me for, the ballads that held my heart, and the showstoppers that lit the path forward. This is more than a concert鈥攊t鈥檚 a reminder that you don鈥檛 have to start with much to become something extraordinary.鈥�
鈥淲e are absolutely delighted to be releasing this wonderful album鈥攖he concert itself was a magical night, and Marisha received an unbelievable response from the audience鈥攚e knew we had something special on our hands when she received a standing ovation after the third number, and many more followed throughout the concert, including one that happened before the song had even finished!," says Westway Music's Neil O'Brien.
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.
