LA Times/Daily Pilot | Andrew Turner

In a cast of volunteers with many children among them, it is not uncommon for audience members, and especially parents, enjoying an evening at the Pageant of the Masters to know exactly when and where their star will appear.

The Laguna Beach-based living picture show has always featured a human element, casting individuals young and old to step in as subjects in the larger-than-life recreation of original artwork.

A change in the crowd’s decorum on Wednesday evening spoke volumes about just how many people were in on a not-so-well-kept secret. Where an audience might hold its applause until a piece has been presented for its full 90 seconds and the stage has gone dark, attendees were quick to react when the lights went up on Bradford J. Salamon’s “Monday at the Crab Cooker.”

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