Monday, May 22, 2017

ORLANDO FRINGE | La Reina Yolanda (Leesa Castaneda)


First: to see La Reina Yolanda, you're going to have to trek to Winter Park. See it early, or it's bye-bye parking space! This is a life-in-an-hour show that deals with that devilish disease: Alzheimer's. Perhaps we're all getting older, but Alzheimer's-related shows seem to be everywhere...not that this makes this one any less enjoyable.

La Reina is a powerful biographical tale that starts in Puerto Rico and follows a mother and daughter in adventures across the United States. It's a riveting solo show, well-told and powerful. The life on this stage is ugly sometimes, but it's not all peaches in real life, either.

Fringe Pick