The Jazz Singer (play)

The Jazz Singer is a play written by Samson Raphaelson, based on his short story "The Day of Atonement".

Jakie Rabinowitz, the son of Jewish immigrants, has launched a career as a jazz singer, performing in blackface under the name Jack Robin.

[1] A few years later, pursuing a professional literary career, Raphaelson wrote "The Day of Atonement", a short story about a young Jew named Jakie Rabinowitz, based on Jolson's real life.

[2] Raphaelson then rewrote the story as a play, which he sold in May 1925 to the producing team of Albert Lewis and Max Gordon.

The characters and cast from the Broadway debut at the Fulton Theatre are given below: Warner Bros. acquired the movie rights to the play on June 4, 1926, and signed Jessel to a contract.

[6] Released on October 6, 1927, and also titled The Jazz Singer, the adaptation was the first feature-length motion picture with not only a synchronized recorded music score, but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in several isolated sequences.