Metroactive » Zorro https://activate.metroactive.com Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 ‘Zorro’ at MACLA https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/12/zorro-at-macla/ https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/12/zorro-at-macla/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:37:18 +0000 http://wp.blvdscms.com/activate-metroactive-com/?p=125340
San Jose could use a Zorro. The timeless tale of rich-man-turned-masked-swashbuckler entertains because of Zorro’s passion for social justice, and his fight for the poor and downtrodden. Around here, where rich men are a dime a dozen, the have-nots are seen as little more than data points and TaskRabbits. Perhaps that’s why…]]>

San Jose could use a Zorro. The timeless tale of rich-man-turned-masked-swashbuckler entertains because of Zorro’s passion for social justice, and his fight for the poor and downtrodden. Around here, where rich men are a dime a dozen, the have-nots are seen as little more than data points and TaskRabbits. Perhaps that’s why celebrated composer Hector Armienta picked this moment to turn Zorro’s story into a new musical. Incorporating both mariachi and corrido songwriting, Armienta breathes new life into the story of this caped crusader, and restokes the flame of justice for a new generation.

Zorro
Thu-Fri, 7pm, $10+
MACLA, San Jose

 

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