ZOOT SUIT (1978) Poster by Ignacio Gomez for landmark Latino theater play

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ZOOT SUIT (1978)
(Latino theater) Los Angeles: Mark Taper Forum, [1978]. Vintage original 22 x 14" (56 x 36 cm.) window card theatre poster, USA. Illustration by Ignacio Gomez. Creasing and bending at extreme lower left, overall NEAR FINE.
ZOOT SUIT is a landmark play in the history of Latino theater. Its examination of the calamitous 1943 event called the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots (in which young Latino men were assaulted) remains a high point in theatrical representation of 20th-century California history. The play, written and directed by Luis Valdez, had its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum for a ten-day run, April 20-30, 1978. That initial run was an enormous success, selling out in two days, with each performance given to very enthusiastic audiences composed of Taper ticket holders as well as many Mexican-Americans.
It was immediately obvious that this play about the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots and their aftermath really spoke to the Latino theater-going public. In time, the play has come to be regarded as a landmark in the history of Latino theater. After its initial run, the play was revived in August, 1978, for an equally successful, but much more extended, run, and this poster was created for that engagement.
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