Zoot Suit Broadway program, 1979

File — Box: 1, Folder: 11

Identifier: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

This series contains items pertaining to the Zoot Suit Riots, a series of violent clashes in June 1943 largely between U.S. and young Latinos in Los Angeles. Materials include a Broadway program from the musical “Zoot Suit” depicting the Zoot Suit riots, and a photograph of the first Zoot Suit on record, originally published in the New York Times.

Dates

Creation: 1979

Langauge of Materials

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English, Spanish.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 7.5 Linear Feet (4 document boxes, 1 oversize doc box, 1 half-size document box, 4 flat oversize boxes)

Additional Description

Note

New York: Schubert Organization, 1979. First edition. [24] pages, 8.75 by 11.75 inches.

A program for the Broadway production of Luis Valdez’s play, Zoot Suit, which includes a longish essay by Valdez on the origin of the play. Illustrated with stills from the production. Zoot Suit had a record-breaking run at the Mark Taper Forum, and then at the Aquarius Theater in Hollywood, where it ran for many months. It was less successful in New York, lasting just five weeks at the Winter Garden.