Review: 'jazz singer' Looks to Complicate a Film's Fraught History
A director and a composer play versions of themselves in a fascinating but frustrating reconsideration of a movie infamous for its use of blackface.
Today is Friday, May 29, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Melanie Janine Brown Manley Pope Matthew Porretta Roger Kachel Adrian Paul Rupert Everett Annette Bening Karla DeVito Cotter Smith Gary Brooker Kevin Conway Pearl Lang Herb Shriner Gordon Dilworth T. H. White Bob Hope Beatrice Lillie F. Hugh Herbert Ruth Shepley Ludmilla Toretzka G.K. Chesterton John Emerson Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Peter Lang David Burtka Robert Elston Kristen Alderson Rachel Tucker Melissa Etheridge Ron Milner Carl Toms Clifton James Inga Tidblad Max Brand