Mark Mulcahy

New York Public Library - Cullman Center presents
The Rosenbach Company: A Musical
Friday, April 20, 2007
7 p.m. in the Celeste Bartos Forum at the Humanities & Social Sciences Library

A story of bibliomania.

2 hours (with intermission)
$15 General Admission; $10 Library Donors, Seniors, Students with ID.

This pop-musical by graphic novelist and Cullman Fellow Ben Katchor and composer Mark Mulcahy chronicles the life and times of Abe Rosenbach, the world's preeminent rare-book dealer in the first half of the last century and his brother Philip, a savvy dealer of decorative arts. Mixing projected animated images with live actors, singers and musicians, the show explores such issues as the obsessive nature of collecting, the relationship between cultural and commercial pursuits and the men's historical significance as the owners of some of the world's greatest literary treasures.

Read more about the show at http://www.katchor.com/Rosenbachpage.html

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