It's Olga, with the German name! That's right, we are here with actress and singer Olga Merediz. You Might Know Her From In the Heights, Encanto, Blockbuster, Eternity, Evita, Music of the Heart, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Orange is the New Black, and the Original Broadway Company of The Human Comedy. Olga gave us all the good on her Tony-nominated turn in In the Heights and recreating Abuela Claudia 14 years later in Jon M. Chu's 2021 film adaptation. Plus, we got to hear what it was like to play ONLY the singing voice for a character in Encanto, working on a never-saw-the-light-of-day play with John Cassavetes, and originating the role of "Mexican Woman" in The Human Comedy where she gets one of the best musical sequences in the show: "I Let Him Kiss Me Once." Oh! And yes, two Madonna stories from BOTH Evita and Music of the Heart, giddy up!

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Discussed this week:

Emily from Pop Star Academy is a manifester

Libra/Aquarius connection based on air signs and big emotions

Made a documentary: My Two Moms - A Story of Separation (2022)

Playing opposite Elizabeth Olsen in the afterlife romcom Eternity

"I Let Him Kiss Me Once" in The Human Comedy, by Galt McDermot and William Dumaresq

Abuela Claudia in In the Heights on Broadway and on film

Olga's big number, "Paciencia y Fe"

Olga played "Mexican Woman" in the famous Broadway flop, The Human Comedy which closed after 13 performances. She loved the harmonies. Galt McDermot "little angel munchkin" wrote the score (also Hair)

Donna Murphy was understudy for Bess (Elizabeth Mastrontonio) in OBC

Joe Papp inserting himself into The Human Comedy poster

Directed by John Cassavetes in an unproduced 4 hour theatrical production, Thornhill

Loved working with Alan Parker (Evita) and Sidney Lumet (Q&A + 100 Centre Street)

Played Madonna's sister in Evita

Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines), Robert Redford (The Milagro Beanfield War)

Isn't She Great with Bette Midler

Appeared in the Netflix sitcom, Blockbuster with Randall Park and JB Smoove

Raising Gloria's kids on Orange is the New Black where she practiced Santeria

Singing voice of Abuela Alma Madrigal in Encanto (had to match voice actor's intonation and accent)

Was the voice of the MTA: "Going Your Way" on 1 train

CGI penguins in Mr Popper's Penguins vs Kevin Spacey in his K-Pax glasses

Things I Forgot to Remember (1999) shot in Morocco and writer was paid in Moroccan boys and was in SAG litigation for years because no one got paid

Plays mom of student in Music of the Heart

Babycakes is an underseen New York movie (favorite train is the 1)

After school TV special "Read Between the Lines"

Cuban sandwich competition on Throwdown with Bobby Flay (Flay lost)

8th Ave Guantanamera

Comedone vs milia (keratin cyst)

Selective slugging