The production of "Zoot Suit" at the Mark Taper Forum blends fact and fiction to tell the story of contentious trail of the Sleepy Lagoon murder. The library has the original story! "Zoot Suit ...

This got me thinking about how pop culture of and about the 1940s really goes out of the way to erase Chicanos as part of the L.A. mythology, which is crazy when you consider that, during the ...

It's the story of a real-life murder trial and the so-called Zoot Suit Riots, set amid rampant discrimination in 1940s Los Angeles. A play called "Zoot Suit" was a cultural phenomenon in the 1970s ...

Zoot suit pants legs were wide and tapered at the ankles. The noted photographer Gordon Parks captured this image in Daytona Beach, Florida. Gordon Parks / Library of Congress Prints and ...

Zoot Suit Riots Regular commentator Kimberle Williams Crenshaw talks to host Tavis Smiley about the history of the ... The Tavis Smiley Show ended on December 16, 2004. Zoot Suit Riots. ...

When Zoot Suit premiered on Broadway in 1979, it made history as the first Chicano musical to do so. For director Luis Valdez, it was a career achievement — a crossover hit that delivered themes ...

T he Mexican Zoot suit, or Pachuco, was brought into the 21st century last night. The Met Gala 2025's theme of Superfine: Tailoring Black History evoked a range of inspiration from attendees.

Back in style after 40 years, Luis Valdez’s “Zoot Suit” is as custom-tailored a Los Angeles stage experience as they come: Commissioned back in 1977 by Center Theatre Group founding artistic ...

Back when the original production of “Zoot Suit” opened 40 years ago, the Mark Taper Forum recognized that the show had struck a chord in Los Angeles and, after extending the show at the Taper – ...