Built For The Stage Podcast

Isaac Bradley / @iamisaacbradley Isaac Bradley was recently seen in Hamiltion in Australia as a swing. Isaac has a background in classical music where he toured the world, basketball, and break dancing. Isaac has lived a life filled with vast experiences and a multitude of skills. In addition, Isaac has established himself as a seasoned performer while growing up with two speech impediments. Enjoy...

Bret Shuford / @bretshuford Bret Shuford performed, produced, choreographed and directed dozens of Broadway, Regional, National tours, viral videos, television and film productions from Wicked to the Wolf of Wall Street. As a certified life coach Bret has the honor to help creatives all over the world move from imposter to influencer with his program. Having worked with colleges, universities, and...

Blaine Krauss / @blainkr Blaine Krauss is currently appearing in the National Tour of “Hamilton” as the standby for both Hamilton and Burr. To join Blaine's fitness challenge on July 5th (we also will be doing it again later in July) DM us @builtforthestage on IG and just say that you're in for Blaine's challenge! ;) Blaine was thrilled to be part of the second season of “Pose” which he filmed whi...

Legna Cedillo Jobert / @legnacedillojobert Legna Cedillo Jobert is a first-generation American from Kansas City and a proud daughter of Mexican immigrants. She is an NYC-based singer/songwriter, actor, voiceover artist, and dancer. She graduated from the University of Kansas with BA in Psychology and promptly moved to NYC in pursuit of opportunities in the arts. Along with her best friend, they st...

Jennifer Khan / @scenerybags / @jenwkhan Jennifer Khan is a former Broadway stage manager that noticed the repeated waste of backdrops and other materials after the closing of a show. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to the creation of Scenery Bags.  SCENERY gives new life to retired theatrical materials from all over the country. Instead of sending these pieces of theatre history to a landfill,...

Mikey Scirrotto / @michaelscirrotto Mikey Scirrotto is currently a part of the cast in Chicago on Broadway. We chat fitness, life in Florida, and how he also does commerical finance while being a Broadway actor! NY: Camelot, Lincoln Center. Nat'l Tours: A Chorus Line, West Side Story. Regional: Paper Mill; Goodspeed; Barrington Stage; Maltz & Northern Stage. International: Tokyo Disney. Proud Grad...

Talia Robinson / @taliasrobinson Talia Robinson shares her inspiring journey of getting up at 2AM some mornings to commute into the city to live out her dream of making it on Broadway. Talia toured for two years with Les Miz before making her Broadway debut in Dear Evan Hansen as the principal character, Zoe. https://www.taliarobinson.com/ Try a Free Trial of BFTS and work 1 on 1 with Coach Joe! h...

Jared Grimes / @grimeystepz Jared Grimes steals scenes as Eddie Ryan, Fanny’s (played by Beanie Feldstein) faithful friend and confidant. Associated Press called him “a bright spark of talent and energy” and Deadline applauded Jared with “delivering the show’s real star turn in a crowd-pleasing tap dance routine.” In addition to FUNNY GIRL, Eddie is well-known as the cult leader, Adrian Shannon, o...

Arian Keddell / @ariankeddell Arian Keddell took a less-travelled road to the Broadway stage and it sure does make for an amazing story. Enjoy our conversation! Broadway: CHICAGO the Musical. Tours: CHICAGO the Musical, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story 50th Anniversary. Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel. Company: Ballethinic Dance Company, Atlanta Ballet. TV: One Night Only: The Best of Broad...

Chip Abbott / @chipstergram Chip Abbott is a NYC based choreographer, director, and dancer who’s performance career spans the worlds of concert dance, commercial dance, and Broadway. Chip served as assistant choreographer, dance captain, and swing to Emmy Award winner Joshua Bergasse on the Broadway Revival of On The Town (Tony nominee for best choreography) and he was also seen on Broadway in Cha...

Sidney DuPont / @sidneydupont Sidney is now starring in the new Broadway show, Paradise Square! Sidney is humbled to bring this character and powerful story to the stage. DuPont was last seen in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway, as well as the 1st National Tour and Australian Company. Some other favorite National Tours include: Memphis: the Musical and A Chorus Line. DuPont has also...

Lee Siegel / @lee_siegel Lee grew up singing along to Jesus Christ Super Star and Annie the Musical. Fast forward to Lee's Broadway debut in...you guessed it, JCSS! On top of it, the show was in the Neil Simon Theatre, and the the first show to ever run in the theatre was, Annie! Lee is now a part of the cast of Paradise Square on Broadway. Enjoy our conversation! @Lee_Siegel (for Instagram & Twit...

Oge Agulué / @iamoge Oge Agulué is currently in the ensemble of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway! Growing up, Oge went from Atlanta, to Nigeria, back to Atlanta, and then off to Purdue for college where he began studying aeronautical engineering technology. During his time at Purdue, Oge started taking theatre elective classes and the rest was history! https://ogeagulue.com https://bu...

Cherry Torres / @cherrytorres Cherry Torres is currently touring the country with Hamilton as the Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy cover! More on Cherry: Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cherry Torres has been performing professionally since the age of 10. After graduating Berklee College of Music, she went on to travel the world singing and acting in multiple shows aboard various cruise lines inc...

Johanna Moise / @johanna.moise Johanna Moise grew up in Florida and was first enrolled into dance classes by her parents due to being born pigeon-toed. Since then, Johanna has danced her way to her Broadway debut in Hamilton with not much prior experience. Listen in to Johanna's brave and incredible story of how she went on multiple flights with no guarantees of being seen to audition and ultimate...

Joe Rosko /@builtforthestage Joe grew up as a 3-sport athlete, theatre kid that eventually majored in musical theatre and played division 1 college football at the same time. This life of sports and theatre lead him to creating Built for the Stage, Broadway's #1 Fitness Platform. Listen in to our 150th episode to get to know more about Joe and BFTS! https://builtforthestage.com/subscribe - $1 coac...

From Eric / @ericanthonyjohnson: I was born in Essexville, Michigan. Almost instantly, I had the power to destroy everything that came into my path; carpets, rugs, bottles of milk, you name it, I had somehow found a way to make it my own, or change it into something that meant more. Now I use the word destroy because that is exactly what I did, something that was once a simple coffee table meant m...

Ethan Slater / @ethanslater Ethan Slater is an actor and a writer. He recently starred as SpongeBob in The SpongeBob Musical on Broadway (and now on Paramount Plus!), for which he won Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, TheaterWorld Awards (and more) and earned a Tony Nomination. He recently closed Assassins at CSC as The Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald. Ethan is now performing in Chicago in the new...

Javier Ignacio / @iamjavierignacio Javier Ignacio moved to Wichita, KS at the age of ten from Venezuela. Javier started his career as a teenager at Music Theatre Wichita. He is now a part of the Broadway revival of Company. However, Javier wasn't always performing under the bright lights of Broadway. Javier went four years before making his Broadway debut in Side Show. Listen in to hear his inspir...

Angelo Soriano / @gelosaurus Angelo Soriano joins us from the Broadway cast of Aladdin where he swings 12 ensemble tracks and a handful of principal characters! Angelo hails from the Philippines, relocated with his family to California and just before enlisting in the Air Force found a love for musical theatre. Once Angelo made this discovery, he traded his dream in to be air borne in a plane for...

Eddie Noel / @eddienoelr Eddie Noel is currently touring the country as a swing in the tour of Hadestown! Check out more about Eddie here: http://www.eddienoel.net/about.html References from interview: https://youtu.be/JKzQN0_SpmY Documentary trailer of RESIDENTE (René Calle 13) https://youtu.be/mWd1QKLUhGU One of Eddie's favorites songs https://youtu.be/vXtJkDHEAAc https://builtforthestage.com/su...

Tayler Harris / @sheistayler Tayler Harris is currently playing Grizabella in the national tour of Cats! Tayler was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Tayler grew up in a musical family. She studied Liberal Arts at University of South Carolina Lancaster, did a summer semester abroad in Italy studying devised theatre work with La Mama Umbria International and then finished her Bachelor of Fine Ar...

Tyrone Davis Jr / @tyronedavisjr Tyrone Davis Jr stepped into the role of Ogie in Waitress after having performed as an ensemble member and understudy in the production since 2017. Before the shutdown, he was last seen in the off-Broadway revival of The Unsinkable Molly Brown, helmed by Kathleen Marshall and starring Beth Malone. Tyrone originated the role of Ronny Lule in the 2015 off-Broadway pr...

Vaibu Mohan / @vaibumohan Vaibu Mohan is blazing a trail for young producers of theatre while still finding time to perform, go to grad school, and run a half marathon. Make sure to take a listen to Nayika Mixtapes after tuning into this episode. The link is down below. Spotify link to the Nayika Mixtape: https://open.spotify.com/album/7JCdLMuZkN1rbb5Gl3QC95?si=MNsHdljGQ52lGKV3y1W1BA Upcoming show...

Jonalyn Saxer / @jksaxer Jonalyn Saxer is currently starring as Karen in the first national tour of Mean Girls after appearing in the original Broadway cast in the ensemble and as an understudy for Karen, Cady, and Regina. She is a Jet girl in the West Side Story movie remake directed by Steven Spielberg. Other Broadway credits include Cats, Holiday Inn, Honeymoon In Vegas, and Bullets Over Broadw...