Braugher, Sawn Off Leg Grab Attention in ‘Whipping Man’: Review

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Three Jews and an antebellum mansion full of secrets propel “The Whipping Man,” an engrossing new Reconstruction-era drama presented off-Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club.

First-time playwright Matthew Lopez packs a lot into this three-character play, with a knockout set by John Lee Beatty that could be on loan from the National Civil War Museum.