![]() ![]() ![]() “I wanted the freedom to express myself,” Marta explained in "Dust Devil." She desired to do what she wanted to on stage without being directed about what she would do. She had it all in the Big Apple - but it was not what she wanted. She appeared in such famous plays and musicals as "Show Boat," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "Wonderful Town." Performing at the Radio City Music Hall and on Broadway, she soon found fame and fortune. In the documentary "Dust Devil," Marta stated that even before that age, she wanted to dance. Marta Becket was born in New York City in 1924 and began ballet lessons at 14. Well, it just so happens Laureen and I met her in Death Valley Junction, in the very Amargosa Opera House, nearly 20 years ago.
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