Don Shirley's commentary on Al Jolson's life and career simply flies in the face of facts ("Let Sleeping Eras and Their Stars Lie," May 15).

Al Jolson lived “The American Dream.” Born in Lithuania, Jolson rose through the ranks of vaudeville as a comedian and a blackface “Mammy” singer. By 1920, he had become the biggest star ...

If Al Jolson wasn't the meanest, nastiest, most self-centered performer in show business, he campaigned hard for the title. If Stephen Mo Hanan's eerie musical impersonation of the legendary ...

RICHARD W. HECHT Santa Monica * Thank you to Robert F. Moss for setting the record straight about Al Jolson’s affection for and support of blacks. Spike Lee insists on driving wedges between the ...

The Singing Fool There are seven songs sung by Al Jolson, four seemingly new, with one, 'Sonny Boy', plugged as the theme number, sung by Jolson at three different points.

Al Jolson's life was idealized in two big biopics of the 1940s, and this show seems intent on underlining all the stuff Hollywood glossed over.

After more than 20 years as a professional Al Jolson imitator, Eddy Ambrose can`t sing in church anymore. ”If I sing, I`ve got to go Jolson style. I can`t sing any other way,” said Ambr… ...

What would Mammy say? Actor to play Al Jolson without blacking up Producer rejects use of traditional make-up to avoid causing offence ...

With black polish on his face, a dark wig on his head and lips outlined in a chalky white, local entertainer Jon Kondal is kneeling on one knee, one white-gloved ...

The audience's first visual clue about their evening at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre is the show curtain, crowded with nearly two dozen songs popularized by the legendary Al Jolson. Then, as if it wer… ...