Here is some fun stuff I learned from a Facebook friend. Keisha Marie Gill involved with community and other theatre in Polk County since she was a teenager has a friend who is in a production of “La Cage Aux Folles” at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, Florida. When Keisha heard they were using the costumes from the Broadway revival of “La Cage” (2010-2011), she asked her friend to see if there were any name tags in the costumes of the actors who used them in the Broadway revival. Specifically she was curious to know if any of the costumes were tagged with Yurel Echezerreta’s name. Yurel,now age 25, who is a musical theatre graduate of Harrison School for the Arts and was involved in community theatre in Polk County and went on to fame in several Broadway musicals (“West Side Story”, “La Cage” and now “Aladdin”) was a Cagelle in the Broadway revival of “La Cage Aux Folles”.

Lo and behold, Keisha’s friend looked for Yurel’s name in a costume and found this!

Here is a photo of Yurel (far left) wearing the yellow dress in the 2010 Broadway revival that is now on stage at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden. Wonderful small world story.

“La Cage Aux Folles” runs September 25 through October 25 at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, Florida. Located in the heart of historic downtown Winter Garden on Plant Street, the Garden Theatre is a not-for-profit organization committed to enriching, engaging, and entertaining through creative experiences. The theatre, which reopened in 2008, showcases an atmospheric theatre in a Mediterranean Revival style venue. The Garden Theatre hosts live plays, concerts, movies and more to the residents of and visitors to the city of Winter Garden.

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