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Laguna Beach’s Pageant of the Masters Now Technically Masterful now in it’s 85th Year!
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Traveling With Françoise - Applauds 'Under the Sun' By Françoise Rhodes
After hearing about the Pageant of the Masters for years, I finally started going five years ago and have not missed a season. Located on the grounds of the Festival of the Arts, steps away from downtown Laguna Beach and nearby beaches, going to the Pageant of the Masters can easily be a fun day trip, or a fabulous vacation.
In its 85th season, the Pageant of the Masters is where art truly comes to life.
This year’s show, which opened Saturday, July 7 and runs through Saturday, Sept. 1, celebrates the pageant’s 85th year, the 100-year anniversary of the Laguna Art Museum and the town’s history.
It includes 39 pieces of art and several live performances, including a 15-minute tribute to surf art at the end of Act I with a quartet playing the sounds of the Beach Boys.
This season’s ‘Under the Sun’ brings to the audience a new usage of technology and videos, narration, live action and behind the scene peeks that highlight how masterful the concept really is. Known for its tableaux vivants or “living pictures” in which classical and contemporary works of art are recreated by real people who are made to look nearly identical to the originals through the clever application of costumes, makeup, headdresses, lighting, props, and backdrops, however it was the addition of more tableau’s demonstrating the actors taking their place and how the use of lighting transforms these works into art that wowed the audience.
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