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The Pachuco’s zoot suit established cultural identity, challenging prejudice #2

By Ezra Rodriguez – BorderZine.com – Photo Ezra Rodriguez/Borderzine.com The main character, Jose, is guided by his muse in his identity journey. The Pachuco had become the first contemporary symbol of resistance from the Chicano perspective as well as a...

Theater review: UCSC’s ‘Zoot Suit’ a breathtaking display of musical theater

By Joanne Engelhardt – SantaCruzSentinel.com – Photo Steve DiBartolome Can this really be a student production? UCSC’s ‘Zoot Suit’ hits the right notes of energy and professionalism in every way. That the all-UCSC student-acted production can be this...

A Brief History of the Zoot Suit: Unraveling the jazzy life of a snazzy style

By Alice Gregory/Smithsonian Magazine – SmithsonianMag.com – Photo Rue des Archives/Granger/NYC. Though the zoot suit would be donned by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong, it was “not a costume or uniform from the world of entertainment,”...

‘Zoot Suit’ still relevant four decades later

By Scott Rappaport – News.ucsc.edu – Photo Kinan Valdez Cesar Chavez and Luis Valdez with Zoot Suit at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, 1979 Read...

‘Zoot Suit,’ a Pioneering Chicano Play, Comes Full Circle

By ElTeatroCampesino.com – Photo Jay Thompson/Center Theater Group On Tuesday, Jan. 31, a revival of “Zoot Suit” begins its run at the Taper, kicking off the theater’s 50th-anniversary season. A fantastical reimagining of the so-called Sleepy Lagoon murder case,...