Fly Girl: Backstage at "Wicked" with Lindsay Mendez, Episode 4: Fun and Games with Glinda

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In the fourth episode of Fly Girl, Lindsay Mendez, Derek Klena and Katie Rose Clarke show fans how the "Wicked" cast has fun backstage. Also, Mendez takes your questions and then interviews Adam Grupper, the Wizard.

[@darkroselight3835]

my favorite line is always. "Yes, I've always been green. No, I'm not sea sick, and No! I didn't eat grass as a child."

[@camrynl8875]

OOH GOOD ONE

[@amberc801]

Did you hear about when (I don't know who was elphaba at the time) she said no I'm not seek and no I didn't eat grass as a child.😄

[@kileyslone2762]

darkrose light I actually have that quorum as my lock screen

[@isabelerhart9523]

Same

[@EmilyCheetham]

Thought the seasick was the first part in that line?

[@emilyd.623]

My favorite line is tired Derek saying “I said silence!” 😂😂😂

[@ravenpuffswiftie]

YES that is the best line!

[@hunterisley2152]

My most favorite line from wicked is "Well we all can't come and go by BUBBLE!" I love wicked so much !!! #teamgreen

[@theclaytonator7125]

+Hunter Isley thats my fave wicked line also

[@melly9204]

+Hunter Isley I love "Wicked" so much too! I saw it only once and I am now OBSESSED with it!

[@marierosetj]

Haha! I also love, “The artichoke is steamed.” Even though it’s so mean!

[@alfiewilcock6256]

Same

[@devotedcetacean6568]

Mine is Well,Thats nit fair I told you a really good one!

[@karinagonzalez1756]

my fav Elphaba line is, "no, not REALLY stupid." my fav Glinda line is, "Let her go, I almost had her!"

[@ellaa499]

That whole “so you think I’m stupid’ scene is so great, it’s honestly my favorite in the show. I’m so disappointed I didn’t get to see these two do it, I would DIE if I got to see them do that scene 😂

[@sorellehattori2466]

One of my favorite lines is Fiyero: I’ve been thinking a lot Elphie: I’ve heard 😂

[@emilywright9083]

"I didn't stretch " Derek Klena

[@secretlyamalfoy]

Katies my favourite Glinda, she looks so different without her Glinda hair though

[@ravenpuffswiftie]

the way Derek sleeps face down into the pillow is amazing. i think he's my spirit animal

[@angelicacelis676]

I really wanted Wicked to come up during the game because I wanted to see how they would react xD

[@doerayme28]

Who’s watching in 2018 I’m literally binge watching all the fly girl and think pink and fyiero time I love Lindsay, Katie, and Derek Love wicked i want to be Elfaba in wicked when I’m older Love this soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much ❤️❤️💚💚💓💓

[@wisconsingurl112]

I'm rewatching it in 2021 lol!!!

[@Missdaae]

@@wisconsingurl112 2022!

[@ravenpuffswiftie]

​@@Missdaae 2024!

[@brennanicole3586]

Derek's dimples are adorable

[@hannahpederson5962]

Sweet Oz Katie is GORGEOUS

[@madelineminer889]

Watching these guys play Broadway Heads Up gives me life.

[@Daboojiboo]

Wait a minute, I never knew I needed a Lindsey Mendez cover of And I am Telling You until now 😍

[@s9738919e]

lindsay is so so so smiley and happy i was just watching this for some insight on an upcoming audition but then just got a huge positivity boost i cant believe how happy she is all the time i love it.

[@kazc3715]

9 years late, my favorite lines are "-and no, i didn't eat grass as a child!" and "we have the highest of hopes! ...for some of you."

[@hunter8749]

To clear it up, Glinda's bubble dress weighs 40 pounds.

[@casper189]

H U N T E R omg

[@elisabeth526]

That’s probably how much I weighted the first time I watched this series 😳

[@ellaa499]

Ahhh Katie was close!

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

I love how I can hear the performance in the background

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

omg, KRC is so adorable! i saw her as Glinda back in 2008, and look at her now, having played Glinda on Broadway (and with Willemijn no less!). and, just once more, omg! Lindsay Mendez looks like my first friend from high school

[@katiemakowski1061]

I love Katie as Glinda

[@KitkatMedina]

Hello 3 years after people who are watching this

[@karleeellis7940]

I'm 1 year in in future

[@rickym242]

I'm 5 years later.

[@isabelerhart9523]

Almost 6

[@gracieholland1459]

hiiii!

[@casper189]

Kitkat M hello 3 years after people who are watching this

[@ilsamalsi5267]

The costumer who showed off Glinda's dresses is delightful! It seems she really loves her job

[@devotedcetacean6568]

My favorite line or well Lines are. "Listen I've been thinking, Yes i heard"

[@michelleconley920]

My favorite line is "well we can't all come and go by bubble!"

[@lewiscunningham8379]

Okay I cant be the only person whos eyes went straight to dereks but when he was asleep

[@PhoenixJohnson29]

You arent

[@zoecaswell9959]

I'm still watching this like 3/4 years later . Love it❤️

[@jeontaekook1594]

It’s been 10 years lol

[@raphaellemariea.catulin685]

When Lindsay said "cool" when Derek said sleep is good for character study, all I thought about was "XO cool" 😂😂😂 21 Chump Street anyone?

[@averyamericangirl111]

My fav line is Fiyero- You think I'm really stupid, don't you Elphaba- No, not REALLY stupid

[@not_quite_clarinet]

Adam must be like that one really chill teacher who teaches math or history

[@ellaa499]

That was literally my thought!!

[@TheAffableAph]

What any woman wouldn't give to find Derek Klena sleeping on her sofa. :) BTW … Lindsay, you are the Shiz! Love this vlog.

[@bubble2245]

not only women hahahaha :P he's a piece of sin

[@snowflake1910]

I love when they show the backstage life at wicked :)

[@alizzahGrace]

Derek's voice is so beautiful!!! This whole cast is beautiful!!!

[@alexbell8578]

Who's watching fly girl in 2019

[@norah1125]

i’m here in 2020

[@user-kl5vb9yi7t]

I’m here in 2024

[@HmaHam1228]

Did anyone else crack up when Katie simply APPEARED!

[@whiteroses126]

I met Katie at the stage door. I couldn't believe how beautiful she was. I made sure to tell her. She was very humble and sweet. :)

[@musicfan1107]

It just tickles me so that when they are off stage that they are just hanging about. Not sure what I expected them to be doing but that wasnt it. lol!

[@Caroux84]

I know what I'd do for fun backstage at Wicked. I'd stare at Derek Klena all the time. Sooooooooo pretty! Sooooooooo talented.

[@PhoenixJohnson29]

I would do that too hehe

[@elliotscasual2459]

Please, I'd do nothing like that......lol jk, I'd totally stare at Katie. She's gorgeous.

[@kiKi1998.]

I think everyone would lol

[@lindsaysoroka9027]

Especially if he slept on a couch in my dressing room. Just stare 😂

[@DrJones20]

Gay

[@KellyDsWorld]

I love them singing the songs from all the shows on Heads Up :)

[@lisapfeifer3588]

i have a bootleg of wicked and i just realized that katie and lizzy are the glinda and elphie in my bootleg! so good!

[@meliss_is_jealous]

WAIT can you send me a link and is Derek in it too

[@ellaa499]

...do you know how long the theater world was been searching for that ahaha

[@ravenpuffswiftie]

Please can you post it??? I have been desperately searching for this

[@EVIE_ASH]

@lisapfeifer8588 can you share that link!!??? I've been looking for it for so long:)

[@RizwanJaganiViolist]

I'd totally be channeling Lindsay if I was playing Heads Up with all the singing

[@tigerlily0190]

14:10 Katie looks like Tinkerbell! I love that dress!

[@endelyngrenfell-muir6701]

I love Katie so much I love it when she steals the camera ❤️ Also I am well aware that no one is going to read this

[@ellaa499]

I did and I love her too!!

[@masterbate9948]

we are reading all comments👀

[@camrynl8875]

Gosh this wants me to be on stage even more. Ahhh💚

[@ellaa499]

Lindsay singing Dreamgirls and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown is the entertainment I never knew I needed. I know she said in an interview she was Lucy in GMCB in high school but if there is ever a revival... Lindsay would kill it as Lucy (and Derek could be Charlie Brown...)

[@silenthillmaster755]

I saw you a few weeks ago I literally dropped everything and went to New York to see Wicked again, you made me cry it was so amazing.

[@michelleconley920]

Lindsay, I love the dress that you show in this video. the 25 pound one because you look really beautiful in that dress.

[@calubdaly968]

I also remember I'm such a wicked fan I went to the play dressed in black shoes black pants a long sleeved black shirt a black cape and witch hat and was a Mel alphiba

[@michelleconley920]

I love Elphaba's act 2 dress that you wear in the catfight scene.

[@adeyshainefielding8659]

you know what sucks first i am 4 years behind and second i am not in new york

[@broadwaymike92]

Loved KRC both as Glinda and as Clara (in Light in the Piazza)!!

[@HazelOct]

Fascinating!! :) Lindsay is so witty! :) And Katie is so sweet :)

[@CourtneyGovan]

It would be really funny if her mic was left on and the audience just starts to hear her intro to the video hahaha

[@thesuziekatz]

7:21 "STOP YELLING AT ME!"

[@omigoditstay]

It's been way too long since I've seen this musical. Probably 3 or 4 years. That is UNACCEPTABLE. Loving these blogs!

[@brennens8849]

after i rematch this series i always start saying heyyoo like lindsay

[@missannabellabizz]

i will never have enough fly girl in my life

[@BrodieLand456]

Can we meet Nessa and Boq next time?

[@eloisesmith5157]

2019 anyone? Love these blogs so much!

[@valerie3058]

Just saw Wicked for the first time tonight & it was FANTASTIC!!!!! And Lindsay Mendez was so sweet to meet :)

[@hxdbfgysDu]

pretty sure every company plays heads up in their spare time i mean there was even a vine of the phantom ensemble playing heads up

[@shawnag84]

Loved the Glinda Moment!

[@volz519]

Katie is so adorable it's not fair

[@sophiapan3824]

the cast is one of a kind

[@calubdaly968]

In love with wicked. I remember one time going with my mom and grandma in Jacksonville fl and after watching defying gravity I cried no lie

[@lilysolisrobles]

I didn't tought I could love Wicked more, but this videoblog just made it happen!!!

[@freetech12]

Is it just me, or are they all EFFING BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT MAKEUP?! O_O Especially Katie when she appeared having clearly just gotten out of the shower...holy crap...

[@bethlawrie2889]

My favourite Glinda line/s is the start of for good

[@kobekramer9347]

My dream is to see wicked

[@juliettemolina691]

These are such cool videos! Even though I've viewed this 6 years after it was filmed XD. My dream role is Elpheba and it's so cool to view the whole process. Thank you!

[@melly9204]

I recently lost my little Betta, Edward Bloom, and watching these vlogs makes me feel better

[@dromersheim]

Hi guys, i love this so very mutch. It is great to meet the cast and see all of you without makeup and see how nice you all are. I would love to see the show live. I am saying hello to the cast would love to meet you all in person. God bless and a big hug to all from Germany. Frank

[@zoevegh-gross1295]

I can't even with Klendez and Katie

[@gabriellacornish1304]

I love wicked!

[@Green1Chaos]

At some point in 14:41 to before the credits roll, the guys who try to capture Elphaba should be labeled as Guards and not Oz Officials. I like the fact that Andy Karl didn't get a question like that and Lindsay Mendez gets the "Favorite line & Heaviest Costume" question. But Katie should have had a favorite from 5 years of being Glinda.

[@katherinefrancis97]

Derek is adorable!

[@FD123Productions]

OMG I play heads up with my theatre friends in the dressing room too!! #fangirling

[@rebeccajoyner3858]

For those who are wondering, The App is called Heads Up!! Its loads of fun! I have Broadway Baby as well and its really fun!!!

[@masonfarmer3786]

My favorite line is wicked is toss toss ahhhhhhh

[@csinashwood]

I have tickets to see you guy on Wednesday the 14th!!!! Premium seats row dd!!!! So pumped!

[@cje24576]

I wonder if Lindsay & the other Elphaba's (minus Idina) got to keep the Act II dress that she showed, since it's specifically made for each individual actress? Anybody know?

[@krayemer2623]

No, all of the productions keep the costumes when someone leaves incase the next person in the track is the same size as them so the don't have to make new costumes.

[@ronniemcleod2880]

My favorite line show show london.wicked flay girl sea gress linzine ❤❤0 been

[@akarnstein5002]

'Wickeeeeed BOOOOOOOOM' Gotta love her.

[@naughtynessin]

finalllllly!!!! Beeen waiting for this ha

[@ruby7226]

6:33 adam gruper is adorable😂

[@EmilyMaeChristie]

The Popular dress is my fave :))

[@musicals6437]

What is Derek’s favorite line and heaviest costume? He never answered those questions.

[@melly9204]

"I have wet hair!" I love Katie so much! BTW, what is she drinking in 4:34?

[@autumnde-morette8883]

Something green.

[@jack7532]

Green elixir

[@Fannywikstrom95]

Adam is hilarious!

[@broadwaymike92]

I play HEADS UP when I am doing Background work on Film and TV shows when we're on a break in the holding area.

[@elliejeffason7699]

Who else thinks Katie is so pretty she really suits that wig like if you agree

[@calubdaly968]

I'm absolutely

[@staciebauer8949]

I love stage when I grow up I want to be a actor🎭

[@SlowxParentsCrossing]

3:37 some Jack Daniels and wine on the right lol

[@jenniferlee9577]

Derek genuinely looks so tired what are you doing all day???

[@ellaa499]

Getting ready to do Wicked obviously 😂 🤦‍♀️

[@wilpaolo130]

Derek is hooooot!!! 😍😍😍 He touches his hair too much tho. But that dimple!!!

[@user-hw6wb9bu2d]

I'm the only one watching in 2021 lol

[@ellaa499]

Bro don’t worry I’m on my third rewatch just this month

[@WTH828]

Doesn't Katie look kind of like Leslie Mann when she's not in costume? Sounds like her too!

[@jenniferlee9577]

She looks kind of like Christy Altomare!!

[@Rahyne11]

Can you show us the technical stuff. Like where you fly or how the set changes work?

[@aliesmeralda]

what app is that (the game you play to get pumped) it looks AWESOME

[@melly9204]

Hey, my dad likes "House of Cards" too! I love "Wicked" to death, and I think it would be cool if he played the Wizard. However, I'm used to seeing him as an Air Force veteran(even though he's retired).