Oscar nominated musical about sixteen-year-old entertainer Lotta Crabtree who, with her singing and dancing, worked her way to become a star in America during the Civil War., A song and dance performer makes her way across the American Old West, gaining increased notoriety and success against the backdrop of the Civil War., This musical-comedy, set in California during the mid-1860’s and loosely based on the life of Lotta Crabtree, chronicles the romance between a singer and a Confederate spy.