The director of a play about anti-Semitism in contemporary Poland is alleging that the German Consulate in New York, bowing to pressure from Polish diplomats, canceled a fund-raiser that would have raised money to produce “Last Jew in Europe” overseas. But a consulate spokesman is denying that there was ever a fund-raiser planned, and said there has been no contact with Polish officials on the matter.

According to the playwright and artistic director of The Jewish Theater of New York, Tuvia Tenenbom, a 45-person fundraising gathering was to be held tonight at Seven’s Turkish Grill on West 72nd Street following a post-performance panel discussion on European anti-Semitism.

A consulate spokesman, Heinrich Neumann, said that consulate occasionally sponsors celebratory receptions, but theater fund-raisers are outside of its purview. In a statement issued yesterday, Mr. Neumann wrote: “A reception in honor of the theatre production ‘Last Jew in Europe’ has at no point in time been scheduled. Any announcement to that effect lacks factual basis, and would have been issued without the authorization of the German Consulate.”

Mr. Neumann said the consulate had made promotional information about the play available in its lobby, and that its cultural attaché, Tilman Ulrich Hanckel, attended the play earlier this month. “We tried to support the performance, but we did not arrange a fund-raising event,” Mr. Neumann said.

However, an email correspondence between Mr. Tenenbom and Mr. Hanckel indicates the two men had discussed a post-performance gathering on March 27. “Did you have any news on Last Jew in Europe?” Mr. Tenenbom wrote in a March 19 email to Mr. Hanckel.

The response, according to a copy of the correspondence provided by Mr. Tenenbom, came a day later: “Hi! Here the word is ‘low profile.’ Which excludes a full-scale reception on my behalf. I will see that I can make it on the 27th, nevertheless.”

The owner of Seven’s Turkish Grill, Tony Seven, said a man who introduced himself as a German diplomat recently came in to inquire about a fixed-price menu for about 20 people, but never followed up.

Mr. Neumann said Mr. Hanckel does not have the authority to plan a gathering on the consulate’s behalf without the approval of the consul general.

Earlier this month, Mr. Tenenbom told the New York Post’s Page Six that Polish diplomats were trying quash the play because it depicts Poland as a virulently anti-Semitic place where Nazis are still admired. The director also accused a New York Times editor, Rick Lyman, of being swayed by the Polish government, and refusing to review the play.

The consul general of Poland in New York, Krzysztof Kasprzyk, told The New York Sun yesterday that the Polish diplomats made absolutely no attempt to influence theatergoers or critics, and did not press the German Consulate to cancel any planned play-related events. “This is a stupid, absurd accusation,” Mr. Kasprzyk said.

“Last Jew in Europe,” which runs through April 3 at the Triad Theater, focuses two Polish families whose religious identity and learned prejudices are challenged after a Mormon missionary arrives in their hometown. Throughout the play, characters rely on unflattering stereotypes about Jewish practices, skills, and appearances, and extol the work of Nazi leaders such as Josef Mengele.

Last year, actress Emily Stern, the then 20-year-old daughter of radio personality Howard Stern, quit a Jewish Theater of New York play in which she appeared nude. Ms. Stern’s lawyer then threatened to sue Mr. Tenenbom for the unauthorized use of racy promotional photographs of the actress.