The cast for the 2026 Disney on Broadway Concert Series, the musical aspect of the annual Epcot International Arts Festival, includes six newcomers, including Susan Egan, who played the original Belle in Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast, and two actors who personified the Genie on stage in Aladdin.
The 12 singers will appear in pairs on the daily schedule starting January 16th. Four of them will then reunite for a special appearance during the final two days of the festival.
The lineup is subject to change, but is as follows:
• January 16, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 27: Isabel McCullough and Adam Jacobs (both from Aladdin)
• January 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, 29: Sierra Boggess (The Little Mermaid) and Michael James Scott (Genie #1 from the Aladdin series)
• January 30th, February 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th: Anastasia McCleskey and Josh Strickland (both from Tarzan)
• January 31st, February 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th: Mandy Gonzalez (“Aida”) and Kissy Simmons (“The Lion King”)
• February 13, 15, 16, 19: Ainsley Melham (“Aladdin”) and Ashley Brown (“Mary Poppins”)
• February 14, 17, 18, 20, 21: Susan Egan (“Beauty and the Beast”) and James Monroe Iglehart (“Aladdin,” the second genie in the series)
• February 22nd and 23rd: Brown, Melham, Egan, Iglehart.
New to the festival are McCullough, Boggess, McCleskey, Melham, Egan and Egelhart.
The park’s American Gardens Theater hosts three performances daily, and the concerts are included in regular Epcot admission.
Additionally, the festival will once again include the “Once Upon a Stage: The Magic of Disney on Broadway” exhibit inside Communicore Hall. A new exhibit focuses on the making of The Lion King, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, with costumes, props, photography and more.
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