Built For The Stage Podcast

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Host Joe Rosko founded Built for the Stage with the goal of creating a bridge for the theatre community that would transport actors from the initial discomfort of how to workout to a guided experience to train like the true actor-athlete they are. This podcast is all about theatre, inspiration, laughs, and some fitness. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network.

  1. 09/15/2025

    Crafting Characters with Stephen Mark Lukas

    Stephen Mark Lukas Gaston Stephen has appeared on Broadway and on Tour as Nick Arnstein in Funny Girl and Elder Price in The Book of Mormon. Regional: Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (Paper Mill), Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees (Goodspeed – CT Critics Circle nom), Curly in Oklahoma! (Ogunquit Playhouse and Reagle Music Theatre- IRNE nom), Lancelot in Camelot (Westport Country Playhouse). Television: “Elsbeth” (CBS), “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS) and “Gossip Girl” (CW). Love to my family and B. Follow along: @smlukas Try your own Broadway Fitness Program via an interactive fitness app at www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    41 min

  2. 08/25/2025

    Dianté Lodge - Stage Dreams, Screen Realities

    Dianté Lodge / @diantelodge is currently in the ensemble in EVITA in London's West End! Theatre credits include: MJ The Musical (Prince Edward); Matilda (Cambridge); Peter Pan (The London Palladium); Carousel (Kilworth House); Best of West End (Royal Albert Hall); Coppelia (Cockpit). Film credits include: Snow White (Disney). Television credits include: Royal Variety Performance 2020 (ITV). Workshop credits include: Burlesque; Play On!; Sinbad; KIN. Music video credits include: Hip Neck Spine (Daphne Guinness); Twisted & Black British (V V Brown). Movement director/choreographer credits include: Remembrance Monday (Seven Dials Playhouse); Charity (BFI). Training: Laine Theatre Arts. Want to try our Broadway fitness program for free? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    35 min

  3. 08/04/2025

    Damian Buhagiar - Ensemble of West End's EVITA

    Theatre credits include: My Fair Lady; West Side Story (Curve, Leicester); Sister Act (Eventim Apollo/ UK Tour); Grease (UK Tour); Mamma Mia (Novello); Thoroughly Modern Millie (UK Tour); In the Heights (Southwark Playhouse/ King’s Cross); Bugsy Malone (Lyric); Jersey Boys (UK Tour). Want to try our Broadway fitness program for free? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    29 min

  4. 07/14/2025

    STEFAN LAGOULIS - Stage to Stage: Stefan’s Journey to the West End

    STEFAN LAGOULIS / @stefann96 is currently in the Ensemble of HERCULES on the West End in London. He's originally from Australia and his story of breaking into the London theatre scene via BURLESQUE THE MUSICAL is beyond inspiring.Disney's Aladdin (Australian National Tour); Faust (Arts Centre Melbourne); Hamilton (Australian National Tour); Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Regent Theatre); West Side Story (Sydney Harbour); Burlesque The Musical (Manchester Opera House / Glasgow Theatre Royal) Want to try our Broadway fitness program for free? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min

  5. 07/07/2025

    Eddie Ortega - Curtains Down, Dreams Up: Eddie Ortega’s Next Act

    Eddie Ortega is an actor living in West New York, NJ. Yes, that's a city in NJ for those who don't believe it. Originally from Orlando, FL he is the proud son of two immigrants from the Dominican RepublIc. He recently closed the Philip tour on June 1st; one of Hamilton's long running national tours. He played Hercules Mulligan and James Madison on the tour and is excited for whatever fun opportunity is coming next! Want to try our Broadway fitness program for free? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    41 min

  6. 06/16/2025

    PJ Adzima: From Broadway to The Big Screen

    PJ Adzima is a New York based actor and comedian currently playing Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon on Broadway. He is the creator and host of STAGE TIME with PJ Adzima, the hit downtown variety show that unites the best of New York City nightlife. Select credits include The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Girls5Eva (Peacock), Madam Secretary (CBS), The Good Fight (Paramount+), FBI: Most Wanted (CBS), Girl Haunts Boy (Netflix), The Wake by John Patrick Shanley, The Tycoons! at RAVE Theater Festival (Winner: Outstanding Performance), Volleygirls and The Cobalteans at NYMF, The Bacchae at La Mama, and GUNS: A Cabaret under director Liz Swados. PJ is a Story Pirate and Co/Lab Supporting Artist and can be seen next in the upcoming theatrical release of The Kiss of the Spider Woman starring Jennifer Lopez. Stage Time: https://stagetimenyc.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAad-3R4NAgclQmI98gVPYmp9O2td0Zleus2CTicpboGE5tMeqSjjv55MQTU5UQ_aem_-xK01FhRlbm8CTdruB89BQ Want to try our Broadway fitness program for free? ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    35 min

  7. 06/09/2025

    Broadway Journeys: Daniel Quadrino

    Daniel Quadrino Currently playing the role of Boq in WICKED. Other Broadway: The Who’s Tommy (Harmonica Player,Tommy/Kevin understudy),Wicked(ensemble, Boq understudy),Newsies(Albert,Crutchie and Davey understudy),Bye Bye Birdie(ensemble,Hugo understudy)  National Tours: Waitress(Ogie),Charlie & the Chocolate Factory(Mikey Teavee). Off Bway: Fowl Play (Archie) Other: Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys at Papermill Playhouse.  NBC’s Peter Pan Live! (Lost Boy),The Goodman,PCLO, The Muny. @dannyquadrino Want to try our Broadway fitness program for free? ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    44 min

  8. 06/02/2025

    Eila Mell & Bruce Gotlieb - Celebrating extreme excellence in theater, film and tv

    Behind the Awards with Eila Mell & Bruce GotliebCelebrating extreme excellence in theater, film and tv, this podcast takes listeners all over the world on a journey behind the scenes featuring never-before-heard stories from Academy Award winners, Tony Award winners, Golden Globe Award winners, and so much more. Co-Hosts Eila Mell, bestselling author (The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre) and Bruce Gotlieb, take guests through their experience of being nominated and subsequently winning their award(s), highlighting interesting and intimate details about their awards experience that will leave everyone happy to be a part of the experience. Eila Mell - Eila Mell is the author of Designing Broadway, as well as the official guide to the hit television series Project Runway, titled Project Runway: The Show That Changed Fashion. Among her other books are New York Fashion Week and, with Ty Hunter, Makeover from Within: Lessons in Hardship, Acceptance, and Self-Discovery. Mell has been featured in the New York Times, Marie Claire, Glamour, and CBS’s The Insider, as well as in the documentary Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s. Her latest book, The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence. Bruce Gotlieb - Bruce Gotlieb is the Co-Host of the Behind the Awards Podcast. As an accomplished interviewer he has had the privilege to interview many stars of stage and screen including; Carol Burnett, Julianna Margulies, T.R. Knight, and Joe Mantegna to name a few. He is a NY Based Realtor and Actor who has an affinity for all things Pop Culture… and never met an awards show he didn’t like. Want to try our Broadway fitness program for free? ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    29 min
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Host Joe Rosko founded Built for the Stage with the goal of creating a bridge for the theatre community that would transport actors from the initial discomfort of how to workout to a guided experience to train like the true actor-athlete they are. This podcast is all about theatre, inspiration, laughs, and some fitness. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network.

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