Posted by JM Randolph on May 14, 2013 · 12 Comments
I used to smoke. Yeah, I know. I didn’t even start until I was 24: unfiltered Lucky Strikes. I liked imports but rarely had the money to buy them. But living in Arizona, I was introduced to Delicados, a Mexican cigarette you could pick up cheap in Nogales. Basically a harsher Lucky Strike in rose-scented … Read more
Category Interesting Places I Went, Music, Solely for my own amusement, Stagehandery · Tagged with cigarettes, growing up, JM Randolph, nostalgia, parenting, Shaun Cassidy, smoking, step parenting, stepmom blog, the 1970's
Posted by JM Randolph on July 22, 2012 · 4 Comments
Welcome to One & Done Sunday. One picture, and five links that are worth your time. Here’s your picture: It’s a total geek shot of my Superstar console. The question people always asked when they saw it was, “Why does it have so many colors?”. Looking at it from this angle, it kinda looks like … Read more
Category One and Done Sunday, Stagehandery, Yoga · Tagged with accidentalstepmom, bikram yoga, breast cancer, family, JM Randolph, kids, mashup, music, one and done sunday, sound, yoga
Posted by JM Randolph on June 10, 2012 · 7 Comments
It’s that time again. That night when most of America tuning in to CBS at 8pm EST is expecting to find. . . Blue Bloods (I had to go look that up, and I’m totally guessing purely based on next week’s schedule) and instead finds the full frontal song-and-dance assault of the Tony Awards. If this … Read more
Category Music, One and Done Sunday, Stagehandery · Tagged with accidentalstepmom, family, Jeremy Kushnier, Jesus Christ Superstar, JM Randolph, Josh Young, kids, music, Paul Nolan, sound, stepmom blog, theater, Tony Awards
Posted by JM Randolph on May 25, 2012 · 19 Comments
My actual birthday, the day I turned 40, was a two-show day. My mom had been in town helping take care of the kids so I got to see her on my birthday for the first time since I don’t remember when. Both CC and I were working a lot of overtime so I wasn’t expecting … Read more
Category #1, Solely for my own amusement, Stagehandery, staying sane during production · Tagged with 40, accidental stepmom, ancho chile, birthdays, cake, family, forty, JM Randolph, kids, Mont Blanc, stepmom blog
Posted by JM Randolph on March 22, 2012 · 24 Comments
In the [truly] immortal words of the lead character in my show, it is finished. We open tonight. Finally. At some point during the party that follows the show, reviews will start to post online. People with iPhones (which is everyone except me) will read them and word will spread. What did they say? Did … Read more
Category Bad Parenting, Puppies, Stagehandery, staying sane during production · Tagged with accidentalstepmom, JM Randolph, parenting, stagehands, step parenting, stepmom blog, theater, work
