The Jazz Singer is a play written by Samson Raphaelson based on his short story "The Day of Atonement." It debuted on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre in 1925. In 1927, a highly influential movie adaptation starring Al Jolson was released.The story: Jackie Rabinowitz, the son of Jewish immigrants, has launched a career as a jazz singer, performing in blackface under the name Jack Robin. His father, a cantor for an Orthodox synagogue on the East Side of Manhattan, disapproves of Jack'...