Walt Disney World will once again showcase its delightfully artistic side through culinary cuisine and visual displays but it appears that the performing arts will take center stage at the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts.

All-you-care-to-enjoy restaurant for breakfast and dinner to reopen April 10

Orlando native and Broadway sensation Michael James Scott recently headlined Walt Disney World Resort’s Black History Month festivities.

Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa eagerly anticipates the reopening of one of its iconic character dining venues, 1900 Park Fare.

Aladdin is coming to the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts Jan. 3-7.

The Broadway hit “Aladdin” is trying to keep COVID-19 genie contained.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is bringing Disney Broadway to its popular Frontyard Festival later this month. AdAll four performers have been to Central Florida before while performing at Walt Disney World’s Epcot International Festival of the Arts. The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts began hosting the socially distanced Front Yard Festival in December 2020 to support the entertainment industry in Central Florida. The event features 380 metal pods spread out in the front yard of the Dr. Phillips Center. AdCurrently, the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has several shows planned for the festival through May.

In the most popular films of 2019, protagonists were more diverse than ever, and there were more women were behind the camera. There were no Hispanic speaking characters in 44 of the films; no speaking African Americans in 15 of them; and no speaking Asian characters in 36 movies. Female speaking characters have only marginally increased over the last 13 years, reaching 34% in 2019. People of color speaking characters also still lag behind the U.S. population with 34.3% in 2019. Just 1.4% of speaking characters were LGBTQ, and 2.3% were characters with disability.

ORLANDO, Fla – MegaCon is about to take fans to a whole new world. Scott Weinger will now join Mena Massoud to sign autographs and meet with fans of the Disney films. The addition of Weinger comes nearly a month after MegaCon officials said Massoud would be attending. Weinger was set to appear at MegaCon last year with Linda Larkin, who voiced Jasmine, but both had to cancel due to scheduling conflicts. Massoud took on the lead role in Disney’s 2019 live-action “Aladdin,” and is also known for playing Tarek Kassar in Amazon’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan."

ORLANDO, Fla. – Students in Dover Shores Elementary School were about to receive their roles for their upcoming performance of “Aladdin JR" when they got a special visit from two stars from the touring Broadway musical “Aladdin.”Kaena Kekoa, who plays Princess Jasmine, and Michelle West, an ensemble member, visited the school to hand out scripts and talk about their roles in the production. Dover Shores Elementary Schools is part of Disney Musicals in Schools, a program developed by Disney Theatrical Productions designed to create sustainable theater programs in under-resourced elementary schools. Phillips Center has offered DMIS to Title 1 schools in Central Florida for the last three years,” a press release by Dr. Phillips Center said. The school will perform a number from “Aladdin Jr.” at the arts center for the May “Student Share” event. Disney’s “Aladdin” will continue at Dr. Phillips Center through Feb. 9.

ORLANDO, Fla – Mena Massoud is flying into MegaCon Orlando this year. The Canadian actor is best known for playing the lead role in Disney’s 2019 live-action “Aladdin,” and playing Tarek Kassar in Amazon’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan." According to the MegaCon’s website, Massoud will be making appearances at the convention on April 18 and 19. He will also be available for autographs and photo ops. Tickets are on sale now.

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