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 on Broadway, ...

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 ...

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 ...