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, ...

He sang arias on the streets of San Francisco, performed on Broadway and collaborated on a musical about Al Jolson, which he also starred in. By Richard Sandomir A Broadway comeback is a box-office ...

The worldwide pandemic has threatened many of the businesses you rely on every day, but don’t let it take away your source for local news. Now more than ever, we need your help to ensure nothing but ...

A few music lovers were musing about jazz a couple of decades ago when Al Jolson’s name came up. A notable musician and scribe remarked: “I wear headphones when I play his records because people might ...

The 1930 movie musical “Mammy" is an important -- if almost shockingly racially insensitive -- piece in the canon of the legendary Al Jolson's career. “Mammy" stars “The World's Greatest Entertainer" ...

A third-season episode of the television show “Mad Men,” titled “My Old Kentucky Home,” finds Don Draper and the crew from Sterling Cooper at a Kentucky Derby party. But it’s not the racing horses ...