Susan Egan and James Monroe Iglehart recently performed “Mother Knows Best” at EPCOT, possibly teasing at a future Tangled Broadway adaptation.
Susan Egan and James Monroe Iglehart Perform ‘Mother Knows Best’
Disney posted a video of the “Mother Knows Best” performance today on Instagram. In the video clip, Egan performs as Mother Gothel with Iglehart as comedic backup. Iglehart can be seen at one part mouthing the words “Help me” as Egan sings.
Susan Egan was the original Belle in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. She also played the role of Megara in Hercules. Tony Award-winning theater actor James Monroe Iglehart is known for playing Genie in Disney’s Aladdin Broadway production. He has also had major roles in Hamilton, Chicago, and more, and voiced Lance Strongbow in the animated series, Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.
You can view their full performance below:
On February 13, Broadway star Ashley Brown teased that Disney might be working on a Tangled adaptation for Broadway before singing “When Will My Life Begin.” You can watch the full clip of her performance in the video posted by The Concrete Wanderer:
A full list of Disney on Broadway performances at the EPCOT Festival of the Arts 2026 can be viewed here. The festival’s final day is tomorrow, February 23.
Tangled Adaptations
In 2024, it was supposedly confirmed that Disney on Broadway was developing a Tangled stage adaptation, although not much has been revealed since then, and Disney has not officially announced the show.
Tangled is Disney’s animated adaptation of the Rapunzel story by the Brothers Grimm. It was directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard from a screenplay by Dan Fogelman. It stars Mandy Moore as Rapunzel, Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider, and Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel. In 2012, Disney released a short film sequel called Tangled Ever After. In 2017, Tangled: Before Ever After, a short film set between the events of Tangled and Tangled Ever After, premiered on Disney Channel. Afterwards, the animated show Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure was released for three seasons from 2017 to 2020.
A live-action version of the film is currently in production with Teagan Croft and Milo Manheim as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, respectively. The live-action version of Tangled has had a complicated journey to production. We first reported on the development of a live-action Tangled remake in 2020, ten years after the original film’s release, and it was announced in December 2024 as being in development with The Greatest Showman film director Michael Gracey.
The project was then placed on “indefinite hold” in April 2025 following the disappointing performance of the live-action Snow White film, but resumed production in October 2025 after the blockbuster live-action Lilo & Stitch. Gracey is still directing, and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is still writing the script.
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