We are pleased to invite you to: “A Pound of Flesh: Jews and the Renaissance.” This event will feature an onstage dialogue with theater director Daniel Sullivan, actor F. Murray Abraham, and author James Shapiro, and includes a special video presentation comparing the various film productions of The Merchant of Venice. It will be moderated by Paula Berggren, Baruch College English and Great Works Faculty.
Daniel Sullivan is a Tony Award winning theater and film director who directed the widely acclaimed 2010 Shakespeare in the Park production of The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino and Lily Rabe. F. Murray Abraham, actor on both stage and screen, won an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence for Performance in 2011 for his performance as Shylock. Mr. Abraham is also the winner of, among numerous other honors, an Academy Award for his role in “Amadeus”. Professor James Shapiro, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, is the author of, among many other publications, Shakespeare and the Jews.
This event will take place on Thursday, October 25, from 3-5 PM, in the Engelman Recital Hall, located in the Vertical Campus, Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington. Access is available on East 25th Street, between Lexington and 3rd Avenues.
This event is free and open to the public.
For inquiries or to make reservations please call: 646.312.5073.
