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
#43 - Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge is a ferociously talented rock music icon. This Grammy and Oscar-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist is known for her deeply passionate, raw and honest lyrics and smoky, distin…
00:20:06 |
Wed 12 Oct 2022
#42 - Katy Sullivan
Katy Sullivan is reprising her role as Ani in Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, 'Cost of Living,' which opened on Broadway October 3rd. Just a few of her other acting credits includes 'Dex…
00:46:59 |
Mon 10 Oct 2022
#41 - Carl Moellenberg
Carl Moellenberg has produced more than 70 shows worldwide and won 13 Tony awards. Just a few of his Broadway credits includes Spring Awakening, Hair, Death of a Salesman, Pippin, All the Way, Dear E…
00:41:26 |
Mon 12 Sep 2022
#40 - Eugene Pack
Eugene Pack is an Emmy nominated writer and winner of the Drama Desk award for creating the hit international comedy Celebrity Autobiography. The beloved show where stars act out other celebrity memo…
00:31:56 |
Tue 28 Jun 2022
#39 - Sharon Wheatley
Sharon Wheatley is an original cast member in the the hit Broadway musical, Come From Away. She has the distinction of being the only actress to appear in Cats, Les Miserables and the Phantom of the …
00:55:22 |
Wed 01 Jun 2022
#38 - Miriam Pultro
Miriam Pultro is an actor, singer, composer, lyricist musician, director, filmmaker and theater artist who wrote and stars in Glass Town which played at the Tank in New York City. The rock musical sp…
00:32:13 |
Wed 06 Apr 2022
#37 - Nick Blaemire
Actor-musicians Van Hughes and Nick Blaemire wrote and are performing in “Space Dogs” at MCC theater. The new musical tells the heartbreaking, mind-blowing true story of the first living beings to go…
00:56:43 |
Sat 12 Mar 2022
#36 - Clare Barron
Clare Barron is a prolific writer who has written the plays “Baby Screams Miracle,” “Dirty Crusty,” “I’ll Never Love Again,” “You Got Older” and the Pulitzer-nominated “Dance Nation." Her gripping pl…
00:55:36 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
#35 - Jeannette Bayardelle
Jeannette Bayardelle is a Grammy-nominated performer who has traveled to more than 50 countries to share her exceptional gifts. Most recently she starred on Broadway as Mrs. Nielsen in Girl From The …
00:46:44 |
Fri 18 Feb 2022
#34 - Alex Edelman who stars in 'Just For Us' at the Cherry Lane Theatre
Alex Edelman is a comedian and writer whose Orthodox Jewish upbringing has informed his critically and commercially acclaimed work for the stage and screen. He is known for both his TV writing and hi…
00:46:42 |
Tue 18 Jan 2022
#33 - The Broadway opening of the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Trouble In Mind
When Lightning Strikes! goes to the opening Night and Broadway premiere of Alice Childress’ play Trouble in Mind. Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, the cast includes LaChanze, Michael Zegen, Chuck…
00:31:46 |
Thu 16 Dec 2021
#32 - Jacquelene Acevedo from David Byrne's American Utopia
Jacquelene Acevedo is a Grammy award winning percussionist and dancer who stars in David Byrne's American Utopia currently on Broadway at the St James Theatre. She has recorded or toured with Jeremy …
00:44:49 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
#31 - Playwright Martyna Majok
Martyna Majok is a playwright who won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cost of Living. Her newest play, Sanctuary City from New York Theatre Workshop is now playing at The Lucille Lortel Theatre…
00:53:28 |
Wed 06 Oct 2021
#30 - Pamela Moller Kareman, executive director, The Neighborhood Playhouse
Pamela Moller Kareman is the executive director of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre. Just a few of their alumni includes Tony Randall, Mary Steenburgen, Robert Duvall, Jasmine Cephas Jone…
00:57:38 |
Wed 29 Sep 2021
#29 - At the red carpet premiere of The Show Must Go On
When Lightning Strikes goes to the premiere of the new documentary, The Show Must Go On. For the first time since the March 2020 shut down, an audience filled the Majestic Theatre that is home to And…
00:18:17 |
Fri 20 Aug 2021
#28 - Russell Granet, President and CEO of New 42
Russell Granet is the president and CEO of New 42, New 42 is a nonprofit organization behind the New Victory Theater, the New 42nd Street Studios and the Duke on 42nd Street. Their mission is to make…
00:42:06 |
Fri 13 Aug 2021
#27 - Dan O’Brien
Dan O’Brien is a playwright and poet whose work has been produced off-Broadway at Primary Stages, throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom. Some of his plays include The House in Scarsd…
00:36:57 |
Fri 06 Aug 2021
#26 - Mandy Gonzalez
Mandy Gonzalez is an Obie and Drama Desk-winning singer, actress and author. She is so ferociously talented and has such a fierce belt that she was nicknamed “The Beast.” Mandy stars on Broadway in H…
00:48:02 |
Fri 04 Jun 2021
#25 - Casting team James Calleri, Erica Jensen and Paul Davis of Calleri Jensen Davis
James Calleri, Erica Jensen and Paul Davis make up the casting team Calleri Jensen Davis. The winners of 15 Artios Awards, they have a vast repertoire casting for Broadway, Off-Broadway, major motion…
00:52:43 |
Thu 06 May 2021
#24 - Mark Armstrong, Artistic Director of The 24 Hour Plays
Mark Armstrong is the Artistic Director of The 24 Hour Plays which brings together creative communities to produce plays and musicals that are written, rehearsed, and performed in 24 hours. Highlight…
00:51:25 |
Mon 19 Apr 2021
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