The Room Where You Happen: A Broadway Audition Masterclass with Erik Liberman

When: Saturday, September 21st, 2019, 11:00am-2:00pm

Where: The Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd.  Los Angeles, CA 90025

Cost: $75 for Performers ($50 for auditors)

Chameleonic actor Erik Liberman is known for originating roles in several productions on Broadway and off, including War Paint with Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole; The Band’s Visit with Tony Shalhoub and Katrina Lenk; Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame; and Harold Prince‘s LoveMusik with Donna Murphy and Michael Cerveris. Television work includes roles on the upcoming Transparent movie musical series finale, Modern Family, and Martin Scorsese‘s Vinyl. Liberman has also performed in Carol Burnett‘s Hollywood Arms, portrayed Groucho Marx at The White House, appeared in acclaimed Sondheim revivals, as well as opposite Harvey Fierstein in the tour of Fiddler on the Roof, later leading the show’s all-star 50th anniversary celebration at New York City’s Town Hall with Chita Rivera.

Liberman has received accolades including Helen Hayes, Ovation, and Garland Awards, in addition to winning the Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers, is an author featured in Actors Equity’s Performance of the Century, and has served as a master teacher at the country’s top conservatories.

“Erik is the real deal. Once you’ve seen him, you can’t forget him,”
– Harold Prince
“multifaceted, irreducible and astonishing.”
– Joan Juliet Buck, Former editor-in-chief of French Vogue
“Like Adler, Strasberg, and Meisner, he is a visionary. I think Erik is one of the great teachers of our generation.”
— Kaitlin Hopkins, Head of Musical Theater, Texas State University, San Marcos
“The kind of human that challenges and invites you to be the most honest artist and person you can possibly be. A true gift to the world. I am a better person and producer for knowing him.”
— Yael Silver, Tony-winning Producer, Broadway’s Once on This Island

Attendees will practice the ins-and-outs of a successful Broadway audition, from entering a room and addressing the panel and accompanist, to song selection and interpretation.