Though the story of Civil War has been explored thousands of times through almost every artistic medium, rarely has the irony inherent in the existence of the Jewish Confederate slave-owner been ...

COLONIE — Passover. It commemorates the Exodus, when the Jews were freed from slavery. Wine, unleavened bread, bitter herbs and the like take on symbolic meaning during the Seder, which itself ...

“The Whipping Man,” a deeply powerful 2011 drama by Matthew Lopez, imagines a reunion of a slave owner’s son, just back from fighting, and two of the family’s slaves in the last moments of the Civil ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Winner of the 2011 Outer Critics Circle John ...

Here's how the play (which has been seen in regional theatres around the country) is described by MTC: "Three men tied by faith, bound by secrets, at a crossroads — a Jewish Confederate soldier ...

From left, Carl Brooks as Simon, Andrew Prescott as Caleb and Luther Simon as John in "The Whipping Man." Playwright Matthew Lopez plows rich dramatic ground in “The Whipping Man,” a sobering slice in ...