According to Fred Conboy, President of the Board of Directors for the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, there is a lot to see in this little burgh besides the open desert. “When guests ...

A flat tire brought classically trained dancer Marta Becket to Death Valley Junction, California, in 1967. Nothing could ever make her leave. For decades, the artist and performer put on one-woman ...

"I had a dream the other night that I walked out of my house on two legs, walked to the house across the street, sat on the porch with its potted plants and looked at my house from that vantage point ...

Marta Becket’s Amargosa Opera House remains mired in a backlog of paperwork, but those in charge of her legacy insist the show will go on. In fact, it already is. The current performance season, with ...

A historic opera house on the edge of Death Valley in California is now under threat of destruction, after recent severe flooding hit the area. The Amargosa Opera House and Hotel has sought donations ...

MARTA BECKET'S PALACE: You've heard of the famous desert ballerina and her magical opera house, the painted room that sits in the middle of a vast stretch of Death Valley. We've swooned -- only word ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Last month, we told you about the historic Amargosa Hotel and Opera House that’s still recovering from the impact of Tropical Storm Hilary. Now, we’re taking you back a ...

Thomas J. Willett, longtime theatrical partner of Death Valley dance icon Marta Becket, died unexpectedly April 15 at a Las Vegas hospital after suffering a stroke the day before at his home in Death ...

"I had a dream the other night that I walked out of my house on two legs, walked to the house across the street, sat on the porch with its potted plants and looked at my house from that vantage point ...

It's an adjustment for the fiercely independent woman, a lifelong dancer who has performed for more than four decades at the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, 30 miles west of Pahrump.