Center Stage with John Early & Da'Vine Joy Randolph

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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	This is John Early and...
0:02.1	Devine Joy Randolph.
0:03.4	And we're in my house.
0:05.5	Dayvine.
0:06.2	Hello, my friend. Now, Dayvine Joy or Devine? So my government is Devine Joy. Okay. But I feel like that's a lot. Like, every day, just to be like, Devine Joy. Yeah. So I just like, just call me Davey. It's only three syllables. But it just feels like, you know, a lot.
0:21.1	Do your friends call you
0:22.7	Devine Joy or day?
0:23.6	No, because that's what I mean.
0:24.5	I feel like, just call me. It's only three syllables. But it just feels like, you know, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:21.5	Do your friends call you Devine Joy or Dayvine?
0:23.6	No, because that's what I mean. I feel like that's extra. Okay, okay. Well, hello, JVine. Hello. This is my house. Oh my God. Yeah, we're really excited. We just got. Evergreens. We just got these in.
0:35.4	Me and Mark.
0:36.5	There's no other.
0:37.5	I made him up.
0:38.3	Top tier.
0:39.1	Yeah.
0:40.1	I want to congratulate you on the colors you're wearing. Thank you. They're both true to you, but also true to the movie Eternity. Uh, 824 is Eternity. Um, How have you been?
0:54.8	I've actually been good.
0:56.1	Good.
0:56.5	I've been really good.
0:57.7	Nice.
0:58.6	It's been, you know.
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