Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace To Lead CABARET On Broadway For Final 13 Weeks

“Maybe this time, we’ll be lucky.” The Broadway production of Cabaret is, in fact, lucky! Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace will reprise their roles as the Emcee and Sally Bowles after a successful run at the Kit Kat Club on the West End. They will perform for a limited 13-week engagement beginning July 22, after which Cabaret will close on Broadway.

“I can think of no better way to celebrate this production’s incredible run on Broadway than by welcoming Billy and Marisha into the company for our final thirteen weeks,” director Rebecca Frecknall said in a statement. “They brought down the house every night on the West End, and I cannot wait for Broadway audiences to experience the electricity they generate together.”

Cabaret currently stars Orville Peck as the Emcee and Eva Noblezada as Sally Bowles. They will play their final performance on July 20. 

Porter is an Emmy, Tony, and Grammy award winner who is known in the theatre world for originating the role of Lola in Kinky Boots. He has recorded four solo albums and starred in all three seasons of the TV series Pose. 

Wallace appeared in the original Broadway casts of Aladdin and Something Rotten! She recently captivated audiences in the West End’s Guys and Dolls as Miss Adelaide, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award. She also was nominated for an Olivier for her role as Ado Annie in Oklahoma! She originated the role of Becky in the West End production of Waitress. 

The cast also features Calvin Leon Smith as Clifford Bradshaw, 2024 Tony Award nominee Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz, Ellen Harvey as Fraulein Schneider, Henry Gottfried as Ernst Ludwig, and Michelle Aravena as Fritzie/Kost. 

The second year company of Cabaret also features Gabi Campo as Frenchie, Jada Simone Clark as Helga, Colin Cunliffe as Hans, Marty Lauter as Victor, David Merino as Lulu, Julian Ramos as Bobby, MiMi Scardulla as Texas, Paige Smallwood as Rosie, and Price Waldman as Herman/Max. Swings for the production are Maya Bowles, Pedro Garza, Christian Kidd, Corinne Munsch, Chloé Nadon-Enriquez, and Karl Skyler Urban.

The Prologue Company, the dancers and musicians that welcome audiences to the club, feature dancers Sun Kim, Deja McNair-Kyles, and swing Ida Saki. The musicians of the Prologue are Brian Russell Carey (piano & bass), Francesca Dawis (violin), Keiji Ishiguri (dedicated substitute), Déa Thatcher (accordion), and Michael Winograd (clarinet).

Cabaret is in performances at the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre in New York City through Oct. 19, 2025. For tickets and more information, visit here.