The Peerless Morlacchi: Wild West Ballerina The untold love story that created the American Western theater. She was the world’s most famous ballerina—trained at La Scala, celebrated in Paris, commanding $500 a night (nearly $10K today). He was a rough cowboy scout from the Nebraska prairies. When Giuseppina Morlacchi met Texas Jack Omohundro on a Chicago stage in 1872, sparks flew instantly. This is the incredible true story of how an Italian danseuse became the First Lady of the American Weste