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Marta Becket's Amargosa Opera House Review
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Marta Becket's Amargosa Opera House
Theater, Death Valley
Fodor's Review:
An artist and dancer from New York, Becket first visited the former railway town of Amargosa while on tour in 1964. Three years later she returned to town and bought a boarded-up theater that sat amid a group of rundown mock-Spanish colonial buildings. To compensate for the sparse audiences in the early days, Becket painted a Renaissance-era Spanish crowd on the walls and ceiling, turning the theater into a trompe l'oeil masterpiece. Now in her late 70s, Becket performs her blend of ballet, mime, and 19th-century melodrama to sellout crowds. After the show you can meet her in the adjacent gallery, where she sells her paintings and autographs her books. There are no performances mid-May through September. Reservations are required.
INFO
- Address: Rte. 127, Death Valley Junction, CA
- Phone: 760/852-4441
- Cost: $15
- Open: Oct.-May (through Mother's Day weekend)
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