LA Theatre Review: Fringe Day Six
June 21, 2011Honor and Fidelity: The Ballad of a Borinqueneer
by Tracey Paleo~
So vibrant, so passionate and so complete in love and remembrance. Tanya Perez is captivating and vivacious in her one woman show, Honor and Fidelity, dedicated to her Puerto Rican family history.
What begins as a vehement pleading with an airline agent to educe late boarding on a flight to her parents’ home-land, becomes, all at once, a rapturous, melodic, tale of music, memories, love, loss and reconciliation.
Honor and Fidelity is completely unique in its multi-dimensional presentation featuring, on screen imagery and live music, gently and beautifully played by the talented Carlos Cuestas hailing from Bogota, Columbia via the concert halls of Alice Tully and Avery Fisher of New York City.
This performance had me often in tears of joy and sadness reliving the memories of visits to Old San Juan, listening to the soft dialect of elders recounting days gone by, lively dance and eatin...
Honor & Fidelity at the Hollywood Fringe
May 26, 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tanya Perez
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Puerto Rico-themed One Woman Show headlines Hollywood Fringe
“Honor and Fidelity” features live classical guitar music and Korean War-era themes
Hollywood, CA, May 26, 2011—"Honor & Fidelity: The Ballad of a Borinqueneer," a multi-character solo show written and preformed by stage and screen veteran Tanya Perez, will headline the Hollywood Fringe Festival on Fringe Central’s Main Stage, June 10-25.
Honor and Fidelity is a story about a woman’s journey to find her cultural identity by unraveling the history of her family’s past. Set in modern day at the San Juan boarding gate in New York’s JFK airport, the one woman play is a moving story accented with both live music performed by classical guitarist Carlos Cuestas and recorded original music by Perez’s grandfa...