Center Stage with John Early & Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Center Stage with John Early & Da'Vine Joy Randolph

November 25, 2025 · 36 min

About this episode

John Early and Da'Vine Joy Randolph discuss their experiences in theater, career aspirations, and the challenges of contemporary musicals.

Topics covered include: Getting comfortable in the chaos, moments of brevity, John writing his directorial debut on set of Eternity , double-fisting at TIFF, attending Interlochen at the exact same time, training in opera, Da’Vine’s stint as a camp counselor for child prodigies, ill-informed southern accents for The Laramie Project , witnessing the greatness of Audra McDonald in Gypsy , a shared love of Company , John’s huge plans for Da’Vine’s career, vocal tics, Da’Vine losing her voice on Broadway after she got nominated for a Tony, choosing to be the clown, and the great problem with contemporary musicals.

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