DTLA—In 1978, Center Theater Group mounted Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum. The play, written and directed by Luis Valdez, was nurtured by late CTG head Gordon Davidson as part of his effort to ...

SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A historical musical by legendary play writer Luis Valdez is being performed this month in the Central Valley. This November at the Selma Arts Center, the well-known musical ...

DTLA - It’s unlikely that any homegrown show in Los Angeles theater history holds more significance, engenders more ardent fans, and carries more weight of expectation than Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit.

A suit lands in the United States on the back of an exiled king. It is copied, amended and upgraded, embraced by Hollywood actors in search of the fashionable. As it travels the country in the late ...

The grave of Jose Diaz, a 22-year-old man whose murder in 1942 led to the Zoot Suit riots but who has essentially been forgotten today, at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles. (Mel Melcon / Los ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Richard Reyes first took on the role of Pancho Claus in 1981, and now he and the character are one and the same. The Houston, Texas man first played the Hispanic version of Santa ...

Everything about Zoot Suit in Trenton is refreshing. The air coming through the windows of the office, converted from part of an old warehouse in Trenton, is refreshing. The youthful enthusiasm of its ...

Press Play with Madeleine Brand How Black Angelenos aided Mexican American youth in Zoot Suit Riots Eighty years ago this week, at the height of World War II, Mexican American youth in LA were ...