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Meredith's final episode of her podcast. A final confession and a final goodbye....for now.

Meredith explains how she ended up in Whitefish, Montana as a professional actress, singer, dancer, author and now producer.

Meredith talks about the new scientific exercise for our brains called Neurobics. For more visit www.wholebrainhealth.org/neurobics

Tidying up can help you destress gain a sense of control and improve your state of mind in numerous ways. In this bonus episode, Meredith talks about the process and results of putting things in their place to improve your mood and state of mind. Citing an article from EverydayHealth.com

Listen to Meredith confess how she feels about self tape audition advice and Mother’s Day

The 3 best ways to maintain your muscle mass to live a longer and healthier life.

In keeping with authenticity, this is not the 99th episode as I said, it is truly the 97th. This is my confession and a deep dive into how I am unwinding so many beliefs. I dive into my connection to my worth being what I have accomplished as an artist and how I still don’t believe I have made it in the entertainment industry.

Dancing is fun and can be a great way to celebrate, but evidence also suggest that it can be a powerful tool for boosting mental health and well-being!

Researchers have found that dancing can improve mood, combat depression, boost brain function, foster happiness, and even improve relationships. It can also improve psychological coping and overall well-being.1

Whether you prefer solo dancing or being involved in a more formalized and choreographed program, dancing offers obvious plusses to your physical health. You’re not only rhythmically moving your body and expressing feelings. You’re burning calories and getting a workout for sure.

But this creative, fun physical activity also boosts your brain functioning. You’re taking a break from work, family, and everyday stressors. You’re turning off the incessant worry and negative self-talk.

Continue reading on about Dance & Your Mental Health

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Julie Foldesi is an actress, singer, songwriter, writer and musician.  Some career highlights include:  Broadway: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (2017 revival), Disney’s NEWSIES, Lincoln Center’s SOUTH PACIFIC, THE LITTLE WOMEN and THE FULL MONTY. TV: AS THE WORLD TURNS (Millicent, recurring).  Solo albums:  MY PLANS, THIS PART OF TOWN.  Your songs have won folk and bluegrass competitionsWriter/Songwriter/Performer: Hallmark’s, IN THE KEY OF LOVE TV Movie 2019 co-creator, original songs; SUBMISSIONS ONLY, original songs featured; @2MotherPluckers, a two-woman, guitar-playing musical about Motherhood.  Originally from Raleigh, NC, but grew up traveling the world living in Japan and Korea.she is a graduate of UNC- Chapel Hill with a degree in Opera Performance.  She is a multi-instrumentalist and is most importantly a Mom.

Meredith talks about mean girl behavior, known as relational aggression and how it's definitely not fetch to be a mean girl in this world.

Mean Girl behaivor is a survival tactic for people who are insecure, immature, jealous, egotistical, and yes, narcissistic. It is a learned behavior and an insidious type of bullying used that often goes unnoticed by parents, educators and even society in general. One of the problems is, the people you least expect it from, fall into this category.

Tweens, teens and young adults that participate in relational aggression are often able to manipulate others and it go undetected by society. In fact, some are so cunning, that no one would ever suspect them of hurting others and sometimes very shocked by it. You know that person, the one that smiles, is overly nice to you, listens to all your problems and then stabs you in the back by using it against you. Meredith has had this happen to her as a child and even into her adult life.

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Do you have to pay your agent or manager 10% of residuals forever? If you aren’t sure or worse, you think you have to, listen to this episode.

Today Meredith talks about a disease that runs in her family, Huntington’s Disease (HD).

Huntington's Disease (HD) is a devastating genetic condition that affects the cells in your brain. It’s a progressive condition that gets worse over time. Common symptoms affect your movement, thoughts and feelings. Symptoms usually start between the ages of 30 and 50. Treatment is available to help you feel more comfortable.

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Sarina Hart is an actor, percussionist, voice-over artist, and longtime resident of Whitefish, Montana.   She was just recently seen as Annie Wilkes in The Whitefish Theatre Company’s production of Stephen King’s Misery.  Directed by Kim Krueger  Other acting credits include:  Marianne Angel in The Revolutionists for WTC, Mrs. Muller in Montana Repertory Theatre’s national tour of Doubt, Puck in Midsummer Nights Dream for Montana Actor’s Theatre along with many other shows in Montana,  Seattle and San Francisco.  She also can be seen in Badfritter film’s features:  The Sighting, The Triangle and the 2020 film Your Musical is Cancelled-The Musical. Along with stage and screen work, she produces and narrates audiobooks and does voice-overs for commercials and video games.  She can be heard narrating The Anaconda series by Richard Hanners and Deadwind Sea by Josh Wagner among others available on Audible.   Sarina was the drummer for local bands Sapphire Shakedown and MYNXX and also plays percussion for Whitefish Theatre Company’s yearly musicals. Follow @s.a.r.i.n.a.hart

Theta waves are the second slowest brain wave and are connected to your subconscious mind. Theta waves are the second slowest brain wave and are connected to the subconscious mind. They are present during sleep and wakefulness. During sleep, they are present during the REM cycle and are responsible for vivid dreaming. They are also present during interim non-sleep states. For example, the period of time when an individual is slowly drifting to sleep asleep or suspended in the stage of light sleep right before waking up. Theta waves are also strongly detected during other states of deep, relaxed, internal focus such as meditation, prayer, and daydreaming. During these states, an individual may describe the feeling of being on ''autopilot'' or in the zone.

What are the 5 brain frequencies?

The brain produces five different categories of brain waves. They are characterized by their frequency. The five types of brain waves are delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma waves. Delta waves are the slowest and gamma waves are the fastest.

The theta state is a period of time during which the body and mind experience deep relaxation and restoration. It enables the brain and body to rest and heal. It also encourages learning, memory storage, and creativity.

Theta waves are also described as the ''waves of healing''. They encourage rejuvenation, growth, healing, and restoration after illness, physical exertion, and mental burnout.

Brain waves are oscillating electrical impulses produced by bundles of neurons within the brain. There are five types of brain waves, characterized by their frequency. The five waves are delta, theta, alpha, beta, and gamma.

Theta and delta waves are associated with sleep. Delta waves are associated with deep sleep. Theta waves are associated with light sleep and the REM cycle.

What happens during a theta state?Are theta waves good for healing?What are the 5 types of brain waves?Which is better for sleep theta or delta waves?

Read more about Theta Waves

Theta Waves Meredith Listens to 30 minutes a Day

I encourage you to learn more about Theta Waves and unlocking the benefits for your health & well being!

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State It / Claim It / Align Your Energy / Visualize / Find A Bigger Meaning.

Meredith covers a lot of ground with her opinion of being a woman in the entertainment industry, success, celebrity, hard work, talent and determination. Is that combo all you need to be super successful?

Confessions with Meredith about where she is, how she is feeling about performing, auditions, motherhood, and how it is a struggle trying to thrive on all sides of life.

Meredith talks about the necessary conversation of gun safety and the representation of guns in Hollywood.

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Meredith updates you on her life, her confessions and what’s new

Meredith talks about where she is now, what she’s looking forward to, why she started this podcast and thanks each and every one of you for supporting her always #confessionsofanactress

After a long break, Meredith connects on losing legends in the Broadway community, Casting Director Jay Binder and Legendary Designer Tony Walton.

Meredith is back from hiatus and takes you through her audition for Music Man on Broadway!  Order her book "Confessions Of An Actress: From Chorus Girl to Broadway Star" on Amazon. Available on Kindle, Hardcover & Paperback.  Follow her on Instagram @merpatterson

The weekend after the release of her first book, Confessions Of An Actress: From Chorus Girl to Broadway Star, Meredith takes you through her feelings, thoughts and gratitude. Available in Print and Kindle

Confessions of an Actress: From Chorus Girl to Broadway Star is now available for pre-order on @amazonkindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BLXMZSC

Before she goes on hiatus for the Summer, Meredith confesses a few things

Lois has been hailed by critics as one of the most highly respected directors in the Bay Area. She has directed over 75 productions at Playhouse West and other theatres throughout the country. Her versatility as a director ranges from Pinter’s Betrayal “Betrayal Sparkles” (San Francisco Chronicle) to Noel Coward’s Private Lives “The production is crisp, clean and wonderfully vicious in a velvet-lined sort of way” (Contra Costa Times) to Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend (Bay Area Critic’s Circle awards for Best Entire Production and Best Direction of a Musical) “Every facet of this musical gem has been polished – Leaves the audience cheering” (San Francisco Bay Times). Pat Craig of the Contra Costa Times wrote: “Playhouse West is the most consistently excellent theatre on this side of the hill, and one of the best in the entire Bay Area.” Lois has personally won 7 Bay Area Critic’s Circle Awards, 6 for directing and choreographing and 1 for Best Actress in 2001. Her World Premiere Production of the musical In This House garnered 4 Critic’s Circle Awards, 2 of which were awarded to Lois for Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical in 2008. Lois Grandi launched her performing career at age of 12, as a solo ballet dancer with The Philadelphia Orchestra. At age 17, she ventured from Philadelphia to New York, where she became enamored with Musical Theatre.  Shortly thereafter, she found herself doing the Charleston, singing and having a blast in the Off Broadway production of The Boy Friend at The Cherry Lane Theatre. Thus, her initiation into the professional theatre! Roles that followed, included Louise in Carousel with John Raitt, Leisl, in The Sound of Music, Tiger Lily in Peter Pan with Sandy Duncan and Betsy Palmer, and Laurey in Oklahoma! opposite Peter Palmer. While in New York, she made many TV commercials and industrial films. She launched the choreography facet of her career, with The Music Man starring Bert Parks. Lois moved to The San Francisco Bay Area and raised her family. Back to work after a little break, she sang in many clubs in The Bay Area and made numerous industrial films and TV commercials. She had a recurring role in the TV series Up and Coming for PBS, and performed in and directed productions in various theatres in the area. In 1984 she founded The Performing Arts Academy (later re-named The Playhouse West Academy) and founded Playhouse West Theatre in 1995. In 2005, Lois performed as Melinda Metz in Michael Weller’s What the Night is For. “Melinda changes before your very eyes – from coquettish to a neurotic mess. The actress does an emotional striptease with unusual skill in peeling off the character’s protective layers.” (Talkinbroadway.com). Earlier at Playhouse West she played the heart wrenching, handicapped Edna in Light Sensitive by Jim Geoghan. This role won her the Best Actress Critic’s Circle Award. “Lois Grandi shines in the role of Edna” East Bay Express. She was most recently seen in the TV series Trauma and played Melissa in Love Letters at The Willows Theatre in 2009. www.loisgrandi.com

Meredith gives you a quick confession on what’s going on in her life 💚

Jess LeProtto is a New Jersey native and Broadway performer, who holds a B.F.A. Musical Theater at Pace University. Broadway credits include: Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Cats (Mungojerrie), On The Town, Newsies (OBC), Bye Bye Birdie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and The Boy From Oz. National Tours/Regional Theater include: Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby Tucker), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Grand Ole Opry), American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (Joyce Theater), A Bronx Tale (Papermill Playhouse), In Your Arms (Old Globe Theater), Freddie Falls in Love (Signature Theater). Film/Television credits include: West Side Story (directed by Steven Spielberg), So You Think You Can Dance (Season 8, Top 8), Smash, Law & Order: SVU, One Life to Live, and the MTV VMAs. @jessleprotto www.jessleprotto.com

RYAN SHORE is a 2x Emmy Award and Grammy Award nominated composer, songwriter, music director, and conductor for film, television, virtual reality, games, records, concerts, events, and theater. He is often known from his scores for numerous Star Wars animated series, Scooby-Doo! films, The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, and Go! Go! Cory Carson. Shore was Assistant Music Director and Contributing Composer / Arranger / Orchestrator for the 87th Academy Awards, where he worked with artists including Lady Gaga, John Legend, Adam Levine, Anna Kendrick, Common, Tim McGraw, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, and Jennifer Hudson. He is currently scoring the upcoming Lin-Manuel Miranda movie musical In The Heights (additional music), The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (HBO Max), Mark Steven Johnson’s romantic comedy feature Love, Guaranteed (Netflix), Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures (Lucasfilm), and score and songs for Go! Go! Cory Carson (Netflix). Shore’s 75+ scoring credits also include Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures Fun Facts (Lucasfilm), Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (Lucasfilm), Julie’s Greenroom (Netflix) starring Julie Andrews with all new Jim Henson puppets, The Shrine (Grammy Award nomination), R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (Emmy Award nomination), P.O.V. (Emmy Award nomination), score and songs for The Legend of Muay Thai: 9 SATRA (winner Thai Academy Award Best Score), Penn Zero: Part Time Hero (Disney), Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (Warner Bros), Scooby-Doo! And WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (Warner Bros), SpyHunter (Warner Bros), Prime (Universal), Harvard Man (Lions Gate), Cabin Fever 2(Lions Gate), score and songs for Sesame Street (PBS), and The X Factor (FOX). Shore has conducted orchestras including The New York Philharmonic, The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, The Czech Philharmonic, and concerts for Pokemon Symphonic Evolutions and Soundtracks Live!  featuring music from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Shore’s Broadway and theatre credits include orchestrations and arrangements for Broadway concerts starring Tony Award winners Sutton Foster, Idina Menzel, Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Broderick, Kristen Chenoweth, Heather Headley, and Faith Prince, as well as music directing the Los Angeles production of Heathers: The Musical, directed by Andy Fickman. Shore plays saxophone and has performed with artists including John Williams, Matchbox Twenty, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Natalie Cole, Dave Koz, Arturo Sandoval, Gerry Mulligan, Ana Gasteyer, Mark Ballas, and Clark Terry. 

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Dan Micciche is a true Wizard of the Ozdust, in his post as the current music Director/Conductor of Wicked on Broadway! He’s been with the show for 6 years and counting, including the National/International tour. For his first 6 years of living in New York, Dan started out as an actor and played Mary Sunshine in Chicago for 2000 performances on Broadway as well as the National/Asian Touring companies. He’s also performed at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and 54 Below. A graduate of The Boston Conservatory of Music, Dan loves meeting students and fans for coachings and classes to make them Broadway-ready! @danmicciche

Nathaniel Hill is the New-York based founder and president of Broadway Plus VIP Services, the first and only company to fulfill and promote Official VIP experiences for Broadway shows. Broadway Plus creates unforgettable experiences for clients both virtually and live in New York City. These include star meet-and-greets, backstage tours, performance lessons, corporate events, bespoke travel itineraries, and more. Nathaniel is the lead producer of CLEOPATRA , the groundbreaking theatrical experience, which played to critical acclaim Off-Broadway in 2018.  He proudly serves on the Junior Board of Make A Wish Foundation's New York chapter, aiding the organization's fundraising efforts and granting dozens of Broadway wishes each year.  Nathaniel’s professional experience includes freelance concert and workshop producing, company management at DR Theatrical, general management on Sting's The Last Ship, theater and concert advertising at Serino/Coyne, and management work on numerous Broadway and touring companies including Hamilton, Next to Normal, Billy Elliot, Ragtime, and Wicked. Nathaniel graduated from Duke University magna cum laude, having completed the University’s first undergraduate thesis in theater producing. @broadwayplus www.broadwayplus.com

Meredith confesses what is was like to get her Covid vaccine shot, and the emotional, spiritual, religious and political journey she feels to get to this monumental day.

Meredith confesses how she feels 365 days after Broadway shut down. She gives hope about how live theatre will change for the better because of this pandemic. 

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Meredith send a huge congratulations to her hometown and high school musical director (now famed director) Craig Brewer and his Mom, Mrs B (her High School Drama Teacher) on the opening of Coming To America 2! @craigbrewer #comingtoamerica2

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CHASE BROCK, called “prolific” in The New Yorker and “a showman with an eye to a wide audience” in The New York Times, is a choreographer, director and occasional costume designer working across theater, dance, opera, ballet, TV and video games. From Flat Rock, NC, Brock made his Broadway debut at 16 in the original cast of Susan Stroman’s revival of The Music Man, also appearing on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and “The Tony Awards.” At 18, Brock produced a showcase of his own choreography in Michael Bennett’s leg- endary building at 890 Broadway, and at 23, he launched his own dance company. As Artistic Director of The Chase Brock Experience (in residence at Theatre Row on 42nd St), he has commissioned 8 original scores and directed, choreographed and often designed cos- tumes for 31 original works including American Sadness to Gabriel Kahane’s debut album, The Four Seasons to the Vivaldi score and new text by David Zellnik, Mirror Mirror with an original score by Michael John LaChiusa, The Song That I Sing; Or, Meow So Pretty to vintage record- ings by The New Christy Minstrels, The Girl with the Alkaline Eyes with original score and sce- nario by Eric Dietz, and Whoa, Nellie! to Nellie McKay’s album Obligatory Villagers. Broadway choreography: Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz’s Be More Chill (Lyceum Theatre), Bono, The Edge and Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark (Foxwoods Theatre) and Sam Gold’s revival of Inge’s Picnic (Roundabout Theatre Company). International choreography: Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (North American, German and Japanese companies), Be More Chill (London), Roméo et Juliette (Salzburger Festspiele). Off-Broadway choreography: Disney’s Hercules, Michael John LaChiusa’s First Daughter Suite, Lear deBessonet and Todd Almond’s The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale (The Public Theater), The Wildness (Ars Nova), Gigantic (Vineyard Theatre), The Mysteries (The Flea Theater). Re- gional highlights include directing The Music Man, The Nutcracker (Flat Rock Playhouse) and The Night They Invented Champagne (Westport Country Playhouse) and choreographing the world premieres of Sara Bareilles’s Waitress (American Repertory Theater), Soul: The Stax Mu- sical (Baltimore Center Stage, dir. Kwame Kwei Armah), Daniel Zaitchik’s Darling Grenadine (Goodspeed Musicals) and Be More Chill (Two River Theater). Other highlights include serving as the onscreen theater director for the Fiddler on the Roof episode of Kristin Bell’s “Encore!" (Disney+) and choreography for Bartlett Sher’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette for The Metropolitan Opera and “Great Performances” (PBS), “Dash & Lily” (Netflix), many works of political satire for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO, the bestselling video game Dance on Broadway (Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Move), sever- al ballets for New York Theatre Ballet and the upcoming film Man & Witch. Brock is the subject of the Emmy-nominated documentary Chasing Dance, and his latest project is the creation of Modern Accord Depot (modernaccorddepot.com), an arts residency space and luxury getaway in a turn-of-the-century Hudson Valley train depot. For more, please visit www.chasebrock.com and www.chasebrockexperience.com Follow @instachasebrock

Happy Birthday Billy!! Billy Stritch is one of the premier singer-pianists on the New York and national jazz and cabaret scenes. He began his career in Houston, Texas, where he formed the vocal trio Montgomery, Plant and Stritch. The trio performed all over New York and Europe from 1983 until they disbanded in 1990. A chance meeting with Liza Minnelli in March of 1991 resulted in her asking him to create vocal arrangements for the record-breaking extravaganza Liza Stepping Out at Radio City Music Hall. In addition to his 25-year collaboration with Liza, Billy recently toured with the legendary Tony Bennett as Tony’s pianist and musical director. A solo entertainer in his own right, he has performed his own shows (including tributes to Mel Tormé and Cy Coleman) in concert halls and nightclubs across the country. Billy also serves as music director for such leading vocalists as Linda Lavin, Christine Ebersole, Paulo Szot and Marilyn Maye. He is the co-writer of the Grammy-winning song “Does He Love You” recorded by Reba McEntire and Linda Davis. When he’s not on the road, he is the pianist for Jim Caruso’s Cast Party open mic night every Monday at New York’s legendary Birdland Jazz Club and he and Jim hold forth on Sunday nights at Bemelmans’ Bar in Manhattan’s fabled Carlyle Hotel. Currently during Covid-19, he is hosting his own weekly Facebook live-stream show “Billy’s Place”, celebrating the Great American Songbook with songs and stories from his varied career. The show airs every Thursday evening at 8:00 pm EDT on his BILLY STRITCH Facebook page. He has recorded five solo CDs and his latest CD release “Billy’s Place” (Club44 Records) is a collection of his favorite songs from these online concerts. @billystritch www.billystritch.com Watch Billy's Place on Facebook Buy Billy's New Album Billy's Place

Meredith confesses some stories of what’s going on with her, hectic schedule, and an audition for the soap opera The Young & The Restless. Whitefish is in @travelandleisure as one of the best small towns in America. https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/best-small-towns-in-america?amp=true&fbclid=IwAR2lr74aNLUFC1PgO8e57ad8OKUu7K9hlmusRSeJffVt9Ar3MP5v_n7cVJg

About Bret Shuford: I fell in love with movie musicals before I even hit kindergarten. And when I saw kids singing and dancing in real life, my fate was set. When I was 5, my mom took me to our local library to see a performance by The Gingerbread Company, a group of kids who traveled around singing about good habits and stranger danger. I knew I had to join them. And the following year, I did. Growing up in Orange, Texas, my childhood was filled with performing at every opportunity: community theater, regional commercials, and even local films. The fact that I've spent the last 20 years working on Broadway would come as no surprise to the people who knew me as a child.   Disney Theatrical took me under its wing when I was cast in Broadway's Beauty and the Beast, and subsequently, The Little Mermaid. Both shows were dreams come true, and continue to have been gifts in my life. During that time, I met my husband, ballet dancer and actor Stephen Hanna.  Working as an actor in film and television was always a dream for me, and after starring in several independent features, I was lucky to work with Martin Scorsese in The Wolf of Wall Street. I got to hang out and chat with Matthew McConaughey between takes. My mom was practically bursting with pride when she saw me onscreen with a fellow Texan. I may have left Texas a long time ago, but much of my heart is still there, including my parents, my twin brother, and my two older brothers. It was through my oldest brother's autism that I learned the magic of fantasy and how it can lift people up.(perhaps that's why I love Disney so much)  As a kid from small town Texas, I could never have imagined what it would be like to be in an Oscar-nominated movie or a Tony-nominated show.  And that’s why I became a certified Life Coach and started my YouTube channel —to show people across the country that fulfillment in this career is possible. Shoot me an email Bret@bretshuford.com www.BretShuford.com Follow @BretShuford Follow @BroadwayHusbands The Actor Mindset Reset - Free 14 Day Journey  - Proud partner with @ColoringBroadway The Compound Effect Book - Author Darren Hardy

Multi-instrumentalist, teacher and entrepreneur Erica von Kleist began her career as a saxophonist and flautist in the New York jazz scene. A native of Connecticut, Erica moved to the city to study at the renowned Juilliard School and in 2004 earned the first bachelor’s degree in jazz in the school’s history. After graduation, Erica’s next ten years were met with performances, tours and several Grammy-Nominated recordings with various artists including the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Chris Potter, Sean Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Rufus Reid, The Addams Family on Broadway among others. Honored with two ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards, several mentions in Downbeat’s annual Readers and Critics Polls, and the Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center, Erica extended her scope as a bandleader with the release of three albums; Project E, Erica von Kleist & No Exceptions, and Alpine Clarity, with a fourth with tap dancer DeWitt Fleming Jr. One of her most recent endeavors is "Your Musical Is Cancelled The Musical" available online with an all star cast of Broadway actors and musicians, this show will make you yearn for the past, hopeful the future, and say "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!" to the present.  Another recent project to check out, “BOOBS and other stories”, is a hilarious one-woman show with Erica at the helm on piano and voice. This show features original songs that focus on the struggles that women often face in society. Erica first penned the project as a full musical production and debuted as a reading in NYC featuring an all-Broadway cast. She has since pared the show down to a solo version which debuted in Whitefish Montana in September 2019.  A teacher for over 20 years, Erica has always had a passion for education. Her theory text book A Cool Approach to Jazz Theory has been used as a curriculum for several middle and high school jazz programs. As a clinician, Erica has lectured in music business and performance at The Juilliard School, UNC Greensboro, University of Scranton, University of Montana, Stanford University, and has been an adjudicator for the Essentially Ellington Festival, and a faculty member for Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz Program. Erica currently resides in both New York and Whitefish, MT and will be embarking on an album release tour with DeWitt Fleming Jr. in 2020 as well as continuing her one-woman show. Check back for more on the album and on BOOBS. Erica proudly endorses R.S Berkeley instruments. www.ericavonkleist.com Follow @ericavonkleist For more information or to book her virtual musical for your theatre or venue, email urmusicaliscancelled@gmail.com 

Mike Eldred is one of North America’s most beloved tenors, thrilling audiences on Broadway, in concert halls, and on recordings, radio and television. Eldred appeared in LES MISERABLES on Broadway and across the US (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Schermerhorn Symphony Hall, and Aspen Theatre) as “Jean Valjean.” He was also on Broadway in the original cast of the Tony-nominated THE CIVIL WAR. He performed in the 25th anniversary national tour of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, and starred as “The Tenor” in the national concert tour of Handel’s MESSIAH ROCKS. Eldred’s starring role as “Tony” in the Nashville Symphony’s production of WEST SIDE STORY has earned international praise as “arguably the best ‘Tony’ on record”. The cast recording starring Mike Eldred on NAXOS International is recognized around the world. An artist of tremendous depth and reach, Eldred’s diversity and generosity of spirit fuel the many facets of his career. He is increasingly interested in using his performances to raise awareness and funds for causes close to him. A benefit concert in Montana raised thousands of dollars for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). In addition to numerous appearances on recordings and DVDs, Eldred has released three solo CDs that have garnered critical and popular acclaim. These include favorites from his years on Broadway, a holiday album, and a celebration of the music of John Denver, which he offers as a symphony pops concert. Eldred has performed in concert with most of North America’s finest symphony orchestras including Baltimore, Boston, Chautauqua, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Edmonton, Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Long Beach, Milwaukee, Modesto, Naples, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver. Visit www.mikeeldred.com Follow @mikeeldredsings

Happy 2021 Everyone! Meredith gives you her confessions of what 2021 has been so far, rants and opinions on all that is happening now.

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The final confession of 2020. What a year it has been. Take care of yourselves, be safe and healthy. Socially distance, find your passion, remove toxic people from your life and thrive as best you can. 

is an American actor and puppeteer, known for puppetering and voicing Tito Swing in Shining Time Station and for voicing Jafar in Disney's Aladdin franchise, as well as the Kingdom Hearts franchise and the 2011 Aladdin musical. 

Jonathan Freeman's New York City stage credits include Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, The Producers, 42nd Street, On The Town, How To Succeed…, She Loves Me (Tony® Nomination), Platinum, Sherlock Holmes, Finian’s Rainbow (Irish Rep.), A Class Act (MTC), Lil’ Abner and Of Thee I Sing (City Center Encores), Sail Away and The Mikado (Carnegie Hall). TV and film appearances include Elementary, Too Big To Fail, Law And Order, Gossip Girl, Shining Time Station, Remember Wenn, The Ice Storm, Life Animated (Oscar nomination 2017). Jonathan is the voice of Jafar in Disney’s animated feature Aladdin.

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Amelia is a New York based singer, actor, musician, voice over artist and songwriter.  She is currently a Female Standby on the North American Tour of Come From Away.  Originally from Australia, she has credits in theatre, film, television, voice over, and cabaret in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and US.

She was an original Diva in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Musical, and performed the role in Australia and New Zealand for nearly 2 years, then went on to reprise the role on London’s West End.  She lived in London for 2 years, before moving to New York in 2013.

She has toured the US with Kinky Boots, Les Miserables and Come From Away, and originated the role of Raven Johnson in Douglas Lyons and Ethan Pakchar’s Beau.

As a singer, Amelia has released 2 self-titled albums, and is featured on the original cast recordings of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Musical, LOVEBiTEs. and  Lyons & Pakchar - Beau (World Premiere Recording) .

Amelia plays violin, piano, guitar and mandolin, and has played all her instruments in a number of concerts and actor-musician shows.

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Eric Michael Krop is a singer/songwriter who recently made his TV debut on Fox's show I Can See Your Voice as "Broadway Belter", making it all the way to the end and singing a duet with recording artist Jessie McCartney. After graduating from AMDA in NYC, Eric made his Broadway debut in the revival of Godspell at Circle in the Square. After moving to Los Angeles, he quickly broke into the music scene doing back up vocals for James Corden in the movie "Peter Rabbit" and working with Grammy winning pop producer Greg Kurstin. Eric writes with renowned songwriters Derek Gregor and Selda Sahin, grammy nominated producer Nick Marsh. He has performed all over the world, and you can get his incredible new single "It Never Rains In LA" on ITunes, Spotify, and other music platforms. 

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Meredith and her Dad reflect on his life in the industry, her growing up, and the connection of being an artist, parent to child.

Meredith connects with you about where we are in our country as people and artists.

This is a very special episode with my Mom, Donna Patterson. She is my supporter, my rock, I love her. Born in California’s Bay Area, she is the daughter of a Chief Petty Navy Officer and her mother Irene who worked as a phone operator. Married 53 years to the love of her life, Donna successfully ran her own business for 35 years while raising 4 kids. She guided Meredith to be the Broadway, TV and Film actress she is with careful discipline and love. Learn how Donna guided Meredith and danced in Go Go boots herself when she was young. And Donna just celebrated her 75th birthday! Celebrate her as much as Merie does and share this episode, like, subscribe.