Jolson & Company

Synopsis

This musical captures on stage the story of America's greatest entertainer during his years as a star in the 1920s and his comeback in the 1940s.

While Al Jolson recalls colorful moments from his life during an interview, two actors play all of the other characters, including some show business luminaries and his wives, Ruby Keeler among them.

The vivid memories his mother, vaudeville, Broadway, feature films and five marriages together with unforgettable renditions of "Swanee," "You Made Me Love You," "Sonny Boy," "California Here I Come," "April Showers," "Mammy" and other Jolson standards made this sparkling bio musical a hit Off-Broadway and in London.

Themes

• Blackface entertainers--United States--Drama
• Blackface entertainers
• Entertainers--United States--Drama
• Entertainers
• Jewish entertainers
• Jewish entertainers--United States--Drama
• Jolson, Al , -1950
• Musical theater
• Musical theater--New York (State)--New York