LE GRAND DAVID POSTER (13X23") FROM THE WORLD RECORD SETTING MAGIC SHOW

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On February 20, 2012, Le Grand David and His Spectacular Magic Company celebrated its 35th anniversary. The company was then the longest consecutively running stage magic show in the world, according to Guinness World Records.[citation needed] Marco the Magi (Cesareo Pelaez) started the show in the 1970s. The family-oriented stage magic show ran most Sundays at the Cabot Street Cinema Theatre and some Thursdays at the Larcom Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts through the Spring of 2012.
On February 20, 1977, with little advance publicity, Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company made its debut on the stage of the Cabot Street Cinema Theatre, and ran for 35 years. In 1985, the Le Grand David Company opened a second two-hour spectacle of magic, music, comedy, and dance at Beverly's other antique playhouse, the Larcom Theatre. The two productions showcase: over 1000 costumes, 700 entrances and exits, 100 classic illusions, 45 backdrops, 35 years in a small town, 4 hours of stage magic, and 2 antique theaters. The shows were produced, directed, designed and choreographed by Marco the Magi.
In the spring of 2012 it was announced that
the Cabot and Larcom productions would cease;
the Cabot St. Cinema Theatre would continue showing films only; and
that both theaters and adjoining spaces would be available for rental for functions.
Since then:
films have stopped being showned at the Cabot; and
both buildings have been put up for sale.
An auction of props, artwork, bronzes and memorabilia was held on February 23, 2014. With over 200 items available, the auction was conducted by Kaminski Auctioneers.