EPCOT's winter concert calendar is already inked. The 2027 International Festival of the Arts runs January 15 through March 1, and Disney has posted six performer pairings for the Disney on Broadway Concert Series, including six singers new to the Festival stage.
The schedule, published on the Disney Parks Blog, puts three shows a night at America Gardens Theatre, at 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. The series closes February 27, 28 and March 1 with a special finale, Seize the Day! A Newsies Celebration. Inside the Magic reports that the 2027 run is the concert series' 10th anniversary.
Who's On Which Night
Disney's posted dates start with Michael James Scott and Marisha Wallace on January 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25 and 26. Adam Pascal and Sherie Rene Scott follow on January 29 and 31 and February 1, 4, 5, 8 and 9. Sierra Boggess and Norm Lewis are listed for January 30 and February 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11. Caissie Levy and Ryan McCartan take February 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24 and 26.
The Orlando Sentinel's account of the revealed schedule fills in the other two pairings: Ashley Brown and Josh Strickland on January 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27 and 28, and Kara Lindsay and Mason Reeves on February 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22 and 25. Disney's blog says six people are new to the Festival stage. Inside the Magic identifies those newcomers as Marisha Wallace, Adam Pascal, Sherie Rene Scott, Norm Lewis, Mason Reeves and Ryan McCartan.
Familiar Roles, Florida Names
Two of the names are local on paper. The Sentinel reports that Michael James Scott and Norm Lewis are both from Central Florida. Scott was standby for the Genie in the original Broadway cast of Aladdin and later played the role full-time in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Wallace, his festival partner, was in that same original Aladdin ensemble, then played Sally Bowles in the recent Broadway revival of Cabaret. The Sentinel reports she was the first Black actor to play Sally Bowles full-time on Broadway.
The Little Mermaid corner of the bill is unusually well staffed. Boggess played Ariel in the original Broadway production, Lewis played King Triton, and Sherie Rene Scott originated Ursula in the stage production. Lewis and Boggess have shared a stage before, as the Phantom and Christine in The Phantom of the Opera.
Pascal, a Tony nominee known for Roger in the original Broadway cast of Rent, and Sherie Rene Scott, also a Tony nominee, were two of the three principals in the Disney-produced musical Aida. Levy won a Tony in June for playing Mother in Lincoln Center's revival of Ragtime, and she starred as Elsa in Disney's Frozen. McCartan originated Prince Hans on the North American tour of Frozen and is performing the title role in the Broadway run of The Great Gatsby. Reeves, the other Frozen tour alum on the bill, originated Kristoff and acted in Real Women Have Curves on Broadway in 2025.
The returning originators are not exactly obscure either. Brown originated Mary Poppins in the Broadway musical, Strickland originated Tarzan in the Disney musical, and Lindsay originated journalist Katherine in Newsies. The finale is a Newsies celebration. Disney's posted schedule does not say who sings it.
The Part You Can Reserve
The festival around the concerts is the usual EPCOT mix of looking and eating. The Sentinel reports art and theatrical merchandise for sale, photo opportunities, artistically designed food and drinks, nightly concerts, and an exhibit called Once Upon a Stage: The Music of Disney on Broadway.
The practical date is sooner than opening night. Disney says guests can begin booking dining packages on December 3, a little more than three weeks from now, for shows that do not start until January 15. The overture can wait. The reservation, apparently, should not.
