Epcot: Festival’s Disney on Broadway singers unveiled

Performers are set for the 2026 Disney on Broadway concert series, a musical aspect of the annual Epcot International Festival of the Arts, and there are six newbies in the mix, including Susan Egan, the original Belle on Broadway’s “Beauty and the Beast,” plus there’s a double dip of actors who have personified Genie on stage in “Aladdin.”

The 12 singers appear in pairs in a daily schedule that begins Jan. 16. Then four of them reunite for special appearances on the final two days of the festival.

The lineup, subject to change, is:

Jan. 16, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26 and 27: Isabelle McCalla and Adam Jacobs (both from “Aladdin”).

Jan. 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28 and 29: Sierra Boggess (“The Little Mermaid”) and Michael James Scott (“Aladdin” Genie No. 1 of the series)

Jan. 30, Feb. 1, 2, 5, 7, 9 and 10: Anastacia McCleskey and Josh Strickland (both from “Tarzan”).

• Jan. 31, Feb. 3, 4, 6, 8, 11 and 12: Mandy Gonzalez (“Aida”) and Kissy Simmons (“The Lion King”).

Feb. 13, 15, 16 and 19: Ainsley Melham (“Aladdin”) and Ashley Brown (“Mary Poppins”).

Feb. 14, 17, 18, 20 and 21: Susan Egan (“Beauty and the Beast”) and James Monroe Iglehart (“Aladdin,” the second Genie of this series).

Feb. 22 and 23: Brown, Melham, Egan and Iglehart.

New to the festival are McCalla, Boggess, McCleskey, Melham, Egan and Igelhart.

There are three performances daily at the park’s America Gardens Theater, and the concerts are included with regular Epcot admission.

In addition, the festival again include a “Once Upon A Stage: The Magic of Disney on Broadway” display inside CommuniCore Hall. The new exhibit spotlights the making of “The Lion King,” “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the  Beast” with costumes, props and photo ops.

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