You would think that the Zoot Suit is so embedded in the history and culture of Los Angeles that an authentic one would still exist, right? It took LACMA a decade to find such a garment, and they ...
The familiar tale of "Romeo and Juliet" is given a twist by the Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts, as it is ...
Center Theatre Group just announced the “third and final extension until April 2nd” for “Zoot Suit” at the Mark Taper Forum. That’s great news for the show, Center Theater Group and Los Angeles. It ...
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Luis Valdez put Chicano life on stage and screen with ‘Zoot Suit’ and ‘La Bamba.’ That’s only half his story.
In the dusty labor camps of Delano, California, a misshapen potato and a worn-out work boot ignited the imagination of then 12-year-old Luis Valdez. Inspired by Marlon Brando’s performance as Mexican ...
According to Homies online resource www.homies.tv, which has the 411 on the miniature figurines, the word “chuco” is short for “pachuco,” a “low-riding, zoot suit-wearing Chicano from the ’40s and ...
"Surveys the political events, social trends, and racial attitudes that contributed to a week-long outbreak of violence in Los Angeles in 1943 by white servicemen and civilians against young ...
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