When Lightning Strikes!
Broadway’s top talents reveal their lightning bolt moments that set them on the course of their dreams. When Lightning Strikes! Is hosted by Forbes.com and Parade.com contributor Jeryl Brunner. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” - Mark Twain We’ve all had it. Eureka! Your proverbial lightbulb goes off. The heavens open. The seas part. That wondrous, heart thumping, tingly, glorious mic drop moment when you realized what you were meant to do. No matter what it took. Lightning has struck! And from then on nothing is ever, ever the same. Host Jeryl Brunner presents candid, sometimes soul-baring, often funny chats with actors, writers, producers, directors and creatives as they lay down their THIS IS IT! discoveries about why they do what they do and what led them into theater. Learn more about Jeryl at @jeryl_brunner or www.jerylbrunner.com." When Lightning Strikes" theme song by Tom McGovern. Producer and talent booker: Anna Strout. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 83
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
#83 - Crystal Skillman
Crystal Skillman is an award-winning dramatist. Her play Open, which was awarded a New York Times Critics’ Pick, has been running Off-Broadway at WP Theater through July. Her next play, The Rocket Me…
00:32:23 |
Sat 26 Jul 2025
#82 - Jak Malone
Jak Malone co-stars in the hit new musical, Operation Mincemeat, which is nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Musical and a nomination for Jak. He also received Oliver, Drama Desk and Out…
00:43:31 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
#81 - Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg wrote, directed and co-stars in A Real Pain. In the film two mismatched cousins embark on a Holocaust tour through Poland to understand the history of their late grandmother who is a …
00:33:19 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
#80 - Susan Jaffe
Susan Jaffe is the artistic director of American Ballet Theater. Called “America’s quintessential American ballerina," and “born to dance,” by the New York Times, Susan was a principal dancer at Amer…
00:33:19 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
#79 - Jenny Lyn Bader
Jenny Lyn Bader is a prolific playwright whose stage plays include None of the Above, Equally Divine: The Real Story of the Mona Lisa, In Flight, and The Whole Megillah. She also wrote the audio work…
00:35:45 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
#78 - Daniel Roy
Daniel Roy is a magician and mentalist who has headlined at the Hollywood Magic Castle, appeared on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and performed throughout the country. In his latest show, The Parlour of Dec…
00:35:32 |
Sat 21 Dec 2024
#77 - Shanda Sawyer
Shanda Sawyer is a prolific director, choreographer and executive producer. She has directed shows for Marvel, FOX, ABC, Disney, and Comedy Central. Her work has garnered many awards, including two E…
00:24:36 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
#76 - Rachel Routh and Andrew Lippa
The Dramatists Guild Foundation or DGF is a nonprofit devoted to American theater. For more than six decades they have supported writers at all stages of their careers. DGF offers grants, free spaces…
00:31:29 |
Sat 12 Oct 2024
#75 - April Ortiz
April Ortiz is a prolific actress who has performed on Broadway, off Broadway in film and television. She currently stars in the musical Empire at New World Stages. Just a few of April’s other credit…
00:32:53 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
#74 - Matthew August Jeffers
Matthew August Jeffers currently stars in An Enemy of the People now playing at Circle In the Square Theatre. A prolific actor, some of his other credits include Richard III at the Delacorte Theater,…
00:39:23 |
Mon 06 May 2024
#73 - Bobby Conte
Bobby Conte currently plays Cousin Kevin in The Who’s Tommy on Broadway. Some of his other theater credits include Company, A Bronx Tale, My Fair Lady, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,…
00:39:48 |
Mon 22 Apr 2024
#72 - Lee Sunday Evans
A two-time Obie Award-winning director and choreographer, Lee Sunday Evans is the Artistic Director of Waterwell. She recently directed The Poisoner, currently playing at La MaMa. Some of Lee's other…
00:27:11 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
#71 - Brian d'Arcy James
In this episode When Lightning Strikes! goes on location to the theater at Studio 54. Jeryl Brunner talks to Brian d’Arcy James who currently stars in Days of Wine and Roses with Kelli O'Hara. Adapte…
00:43:49 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
#70 - Patrick Page
A Broadway and off-Broadway veteran who has starred in dozens of productions, Patrick Page is currently performing in the hit play All the Devils Are Here at the DR2 Theatre. Directed by Simon Godwin…
00:28:44 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
#69 - Sheryl Kaller and Sean Daniels
Sean Daniels and Sheryl Kaller are some of the forces behind The White Chip, the hit autobiographical comedy currently playing at MCC Theater. Daniels, who wrote the White Chip, is a prolific theater…
00:35:32 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
#68 - Warren Carlyle
Warren Carlyle is a Tony winning and Emmy nominated Director and Choreographer. Most recently he directed and choreographed the musical Harmony, now playing on Broadway. Just a few of his other credi…
00:32:43 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
#67 - Marty LaSalle
Marty LaSalle is the CEO of the Big Apple Circus. Their latest show, Journey to the Rainbow, created in collaboration with Circus-Theater Roncalli, is now playing at Lincoln Center through January 1.…
00:38:00 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
#66 - Zalmen Mlotek & Avram Mlotek
Zalmen Mlotek is the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. He and his son, Avram Mlotek are the forces behind Amid Falling Walls: Unveiling Resilience and Hope During the Holo…
00:30:34 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
#65 - Sade Lythcott
Sade Lythcott is a Tony and Emmy-nominated producer and the Chief Executive Officer of the National Black Theatre. Founded in 1968, by her mother Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, National Black Theatre is the n…
00:47:33 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
#64 - Leigh Silverman
A prolific director on Broadway and off, some of Leigh Silverman's credits include Violet, Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact, Chinglish, Well, SUFFS, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in …
00:31:14 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
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