Audience Quote by Joe Mantello

I think that from day one, when it became clear that 'Wicked' was going to have a life, that we have set a standard…

— Joe Mantello

I was in the original cast of 'Wicked', and that got a bad review in 'The New York Times,' and it's the most successful…

— Norbert Leo Butz

So many people have told me that 'Wicked' is their first musical ever and that they're hooked for life. I'm like, 'Wow, you really…

— Colin Donnell

'Wicked' is so hard-core, physically and mentally, for the whole three hours, that doing that show for two years has pretty much prepared me…

— Carmen Cusack

If you look at the muscularity of something like 'Wicked' and the way it has just spawned sort of generations of young people wanting…

— John Logan

'Wicked' has been one of the biggest hits in Los Angeles theatre history, and we are thrilled that theatergoers here have embraced the musical…

— Marc Platt

I loved WICKED. I wish there were a part I could play in it.

— Hugh Panaro

With 'Wicked,' I was stepping into a role that I didn't make so that felt like I had more boundaries then I did with…

— Lindsay Mendez

'Wicked' has such a wild fan base - like, a voracious fan base.

— Jennifer Nettles

Good musicals, a strange world, seem so easy. People say, 'Ohhh, it's magic.' Nothing's magic. A thing doesn't jell. Adapt. Change the rhythm. Shorten…

— James Lapine

The weird part is actually, there were so many exceptionally talented people there [ on "MADtv"]. But it was a disaster. I don't think…

— Simon Helberg

What's wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who've died of AIDS-who would otherwise be here today creating great theater.

— Madeline Kahn