"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie that incorporated synchronized speaking parts for its actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927. Primitive by today’s standards, ...
A Broadway comeback is a box-office triumph: Parallels abound between two starry shows, more than 80 years apart. By Laurence Maslon Readers share their thoughts on blackface. By Rachel L. Harris and ...
On the face of it, Jolson and Company, the latest biographical musical presented by the Coconut Grove Playhouse, should be dead on arrival. Its subject, Al Jolson, became a star before World War I, ...