Zoot Suit is a play written by Luis Valdez, featuring incidental music by Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero. Zoot Suit is based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and the Zoot Suit Riots. Debuting in 1979, Zoot Suit was the first Chicano play on Broadway.

Zoot Suit is a 1981 American independent [3] [4] drama musical film of the Broadway play Zoot Suit. Both the play and film were written and directed by Luis Valdez. [5] The film stars Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos—both reprising their …

Feb 3, 2017 · It’s been almost four decades since the Los Angeles debut of Zoot Suit, the groundbreaking musical about overt racial hostility facing Mexican Americans in Los Angeles during the 1940s.

Feb 23, 2017 · Initially prompted by the spillover from the United Farm Workers grape strike , El Teatro Campesino‘s broadly satirical style gave the original Zoot Suit the edgy stridency that often accompanies political plays. The characters have never been very deeply developed.

Feb 2, 2017 · “Zoot Suit” opened at the Mark Taper Forum in 1978, drawing a massive Latino audience and becoming the first Latino play to go mainstream.

May 18, 2017 · Zoot Suit, directed by Kinan Valdez, is presented by the UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Department and the Arts Division by special arrangement with El Teatro Campesino, San Juan Bautista. Performances will run from May 26 to June 4 at the Theater Arts Mainstage on the UC Santa Cruz campus.

Feb 12, 2017 · “Zoot Suit,” the landmark 1978 play by Luis Valdez that put the struggles of Mexican Americans front and center, is back where it originated at the Mark Taper Forum in an exhilarating...

Zoot Suit (Original, Play, Broadway) opened in New York City Mar 25, 1979 and played through Apr 29, 1979.

Feb 13, 2017 · 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...

Zoot Suit plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.