Disney on Broadway has today announced the line-up for the 2027 concert series at the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts (hereinafter IFA), which takes place annually at the America Gardens Theatre, located in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
This year's edition will mark the concert debuts for six artists, running from 15 January to 1 March 2027. Six pairs of artists will perform musical numbers from across Disney Theatrical Group's portfolio of shows on alternating nights, as detailed below.
Aladdin original cast member Marisha Wallace makes her IFA debut with fellow alumni Michael James Scott, the longest-running actor to play Genie on Broadway and a regular performing artist on the series.
Wallace was last seen on the London stage in Table 17 at the Kiln Theatre, as well as hosting, presenting and performing at various events including The Stage Debut Awards, Great British Theatre Awards and more aptly, a concert at the BBC Proms celebrating Alan Menken's Music for Disney, which we've covered in detail here.
Fan-favourite artists Ashley Brown and Josh Strickland return to the series, the former having originated the titular role in Mary Poppins on Broadway, and the latter the original Tarzan on Broadway.
Prior to flying into theatres on a magical umbrella, Brown made her Broadway debut as Belle in Beauty and the Beast.
Both Tony Award nominees and alumni of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (a Disney Theatrical Productions title), Adam Pascal and Sherie Rene Scott will perform in the series for the first time.
Apart from originating the roles of Radames and Princess Amneris on Broadway respectively, both Pascal and Scott are alumni of Jonathan Larson's acclaimed musical Rent, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year with a one-night-only benefit reunion concert at the Richard Rodgers Theatre last month, and a concurrent new production playing at the Tom Stoppard Theatre in London's West End.
Having originated the role of King Triton in The Little Mermaid on Broadway, Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis makes his ITA debut joining Olivier Award nominee Sierra Boggess, original Ariel on Broadway, who returns from the 2026 series.
The pair are best known for their milestone-setting, leading performances in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, first sharing the stage in 2014 Broadway production.
Lewis subsequently led the 2023 West End concert production of Love Never Dies in the titular role, while Boggess originated the role of Christine Daaé in the sequel's 2010 London debut, before leading Phantom's 25th anniversary concert production at the Royal Albert Hall opposite Ramin Karimloo in 2011, and most recently performing the role of Carlotta Giudicelli in the show's 40th anniversary company this year.
This series marks Mason Reeves’ IFA debut, returning to the Disney stage after originating the role of Kristoff in the first North American tour of Frozen, joining returning artist Kara Lindsay who starred in the original Broadway production of Newsies as Katherine Plumber, following a successful out-of-town tryout at Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey (where Hercules also made its debut).
Lindsay went viral during the 2025 concert series when her co-stars from Newsies surprised her on stage during her set. Watch a clip on Disney Parks’ Instagram here. (More good news below for fans looking to seize the day!)
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