I don't really know if I ever lose my obsession--I don't like to go super overboard so I wear it out, but I think about it often. As someone said earlier, the show introduced me to Broadway, which is my calling as well, and Elphaba will always be a dream role of mine.

I think that's the great thing about this show.
It has the power to change lives and it sticks with you. It's not the greatest. It wears thin. But it can be special.
And the sheer number of people who have been introduced to theater because of just this one show is amazing.

i think i might not be as full on.
but i think i will always love it.. cause its a classic to me

I'm still a new Wicked fan.
I haven't seen Wicked yet. <- June 28th will be my first time.
So I won't lost interest yet, but I am sure I will eventually, I will still like it but probably not as much.

After they've recycled Eden Espinosa or Shoshana Bean or whoever else for the 73427147th time, quite probably yes.

Same here. Not about Broadway being my calling, although I wish, but it has definitely sparked a love of musicals in general. I havn't gone to see the show purposely since Edens last so it doesn't get boring. I want seeing Wicked to be a magical experience every time I see it.

This site is so cool. I would never lose interest in Wicked or Elphaba or Galinda.

Once Shoshana, Megan, and Eden left Broadway I kinda lost interest for a while. But seeing the show again last year and having Katie/Carmen join the tour cast and Annaleigh the Broadway cast... my interest in the show increased again. I wouldn't say I completely lost interest in the show, but there was definitely a time when there were other shows I was following more than Wicked.

When i first think about it, i say no way! then i think a little more. i had said that i would never ever lose interest in harry potter. but i certainly have now. so i think that it's possible for me to lose interest in wicked. then finally i come upon the conclusion. i don't think i ever will. wicked is not like harry potter. wicked is live and it's different everytime you see it. either with different performers, ad libs, different interpretations, bloopers etc. harry potter will always be the same every time you read the book or watch the movie. also, i read/watched harry potter so very often. i could see it any time i wanted. i can't do that with wicked. i have to buy a $100 dollar ticket and pay like a trillion dollars in gas to see it. therefore, it's a rare commodity (well, at least much more rare than harry potter ever was). not to mention that seeing things live is so much more spectatcular and breath-taking than a blockbuster movie.

Never! Especially because they'll probably make a musical sequel.

i hope they don't. i don't think it would work or should be done, imo.

I am already. I'm sure if I saw it again my interest would be revived but as of right now, I'm a bit 'meh.'

I have already. Not entirely, but I'm "meh" [like Dani] on it. I will always love the show because I do believe it changed me and made me more open to Broadway, but I have seen and been following so many other shows nowadays. There are better performers and better shows I've fallen head over heels in love with, but Wicked will always be sentimental due to how long/how much it's been a part of my life.

i love wicked. but i love wicked with megan more. i'll only really, really enjoy it if i get to see megan or katie, which i have and will. my interest lies more in megan and her career and other shows she's been in, than in wicked. but i'll always love wicked.

I'm 'meh' as well. I'm more interested in the performers rather than the show itself.

Yeah, I will only truly want to see the show from now on because there are performers I want to see. Although seeing the show is always a good experience, I don't need to go so often to be content with my life.

But I admit I'm envious of those who can go often, I'm not in mourning.

When I go to see the show, I don't go to watch Wicked. I go to watch Marcie as Elphaba or for Caissie's last or to see Idina. I have lost interest in the show, but I still have a desire to see it because I want to see different performers in different roles.

exactly. i had binoculars yesterday and i just kept following megan with my binoculars so i could see all her facial expressions. i took them off whenever she was offstage, lmao. i just went to see megan. i love the show and always will, but my interests are more in, as i've said before, megan's career, and the shows she's been in/will be in. because she's basically the most inspiration i've had in this industry.

I went on a wicked fast for 2 weeks for a bet cuz my friend thought I was over obsessed.

after that I'm even more obsessed than I was before the bet started!

Same here. I haven't completely lost interest in it, but I'm a lot less in love with it than I used to be.

Like so many have recently said, i currently go to Wicked for the performers, not the actual show. I will always love the show but interest will drop, but i will keep seeing it. Wicked opened my eyes to Bway. It will always be my favorite.

I think its possible...

No, because it will live on forever.

i've known wicked since the BEGINNING! why would i give up interest now?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????!!!! WICKED IS TOO F***IN AMAZING TO LOSE INTREST IN!!!!

Whoops chose the wrong one.

What I become obsessed with, I stay obsessed with. I just hope I dont get obsessed with much more because theres too much obsessed-ness going on in my life!

I kind of have honestly. Mostly because it just isn't the same without my cast and yeah... call it superficial but its just not the same from last summer and all... so meh

i have quite a few obsessions in the past but this one has lasted me for many years now, and has changed me and helped me so much, i dont think it will ever die out!

plus if it ever starts to fade i just go to the show again lol!

I don't think that I'll ever lose my interest in Wicked. It's too big a part of me.

When Sarah leaves, I will slightly lose interest, and when it closes in London, I will lose even more.
My love will never leave.

I love how right I was

I highly doubt it =]. I've been obsessed with this musical for about 2.5 years now. My interest did fade a tiny bit last summer, but I think I started going through withdrawal after like a month or two, and had to listen to the music every day again lol. I seriously don't know what I would do without Wicked. It's become so much a part of my life, and introduced me to more musicals and showed me what's really out there. I'd probably die without it lol.

I don't know if I replied in this thread yet since I'm too lazy to read though it but I'm a new Wicked fan also. I only started seeing the show in Jan 2008 but I have seen it 25 times...LOL

I don't think my love(or obsession) for it will ever die out. It has helped me through so many difficult times in these past 8 months that it's a part of me.

I've grown tired of it, and moved on to other musicals. But there's usually one musical I'm obsessed with at some point.

edit. Never mind, it's not worth it.

I wouldn't lose interest. I love it so much, and even if I DID lose interest, it would probably be after I'd actually be in the show (which is a goal of mine) and then finish a run or two.

It will always be special to me, so no, I don't think I would lose interest.

Amen, sister.

Wicked is a big part of who I am now, and after seeing it 34 times, I know that I could never lose interest in it altogether. There are times, however, when I find I have to take a little break from it.
Maybe for a week or two, I'll just stop listening to the music religiously, or planning when I'll see it next, or going through my playbills time after time. But, after a while, I'll hear Defying Gravity or see an ad for Wicked in a magazine, and it feels like I'm re-discovering my love for the show.

I´m less obsessed with it now than I was in the beginning. But I don´t think I´ll ever lose my love for this show. It opened my eyes to Broadway. And I know that there are far better shows out there, but without Wicked I never would have been introduced to these shows.
I don´t listen to the obcr as often as I used to. But everytime I do, I fall in love with the music all over again. So I don´t think I´d ever completely lose my interest for Wicked.

I don't think I will, but I've stopped wanting to see the show as often as I did. I'm seeing it again at Christmas and I think that will be the last for a while. I still obsessively check on here for updates about it, but I've lost the need to see it every day that I felt before.

The same here, Wicked was the musical that made me go back to the whole musical thing. And of course, without Wicked I wouldn't have met a few of my friends... <3

Who? Just kidding. That is so sweet of you! I mean, you ARE talking about Yolande and me, right? You're right, that's also something I have to thank Wicked for.

I kind of have, I'm sad to say. I mean, I still love the show and it has a special place in my heart (it was the show that really introduced me to the world of musical theatre. Litterally changed my life). However, there are other shows that I like more, etc., now. I say I've lost my "interest" because I really have - I still like listening to the music and being on the forums, but I have no idea who is playing Elphaba or Galinda anywhere. Once upon a time, I could rattle off every Elphaba/Galinda/Fiyero/Madame Morrible currently playing in the world! haha. So while I love the show, and I enjoy seeing it when I get the opportunity, I'm no longer "obsessed" with it.

I'll never completely lose interest in Wicked by any means. (I think it's my longest obsession so far )

But in a way I have... at this point (like Megan said) I have no idea who's playing any of the characters in the various productions, and I don't discuss it all the time. And I haven't even listened to the soundtrack in a while.

At this point I think I'm more obsessed with Wicked fanfiction. Which is sort of a different thing in itself.


But rest assured Wicked will always remain near and dear to me.

(Now that I think about it, I don't even really remember what happens in the book... I should read it again... At this point I don't know what's from the book, what's from fanfiction, and what I dreamt. LOL.)

There was a time, that I could tell you every Elphaba, Glinda and Fiyero in order for NY and Chicago. Now, I would need lots of help.
Yet the musical is still my favorite. It will always be special to me. I got back into theatre because of it.

Obsessed? No. One of my favs? Absolutely.

The ICBH

I think I'm definitely over it

You don't even want to see Dee again?

There are different levels of being interested. I've been past the fangirl phase for a few years, but until recently I was still very interested in cast info, people's favorites and least favorites, and stuff like that. Now that doesn't even interest me so much. I'll don't think I'll ever be completely uninterested, but it's not high on the list anymore.

I've seen Wicked a few times now, and I'm at the point where I don't want to see it again for a long time. I discussed this some in my last review:



Few things have moved me as much as Wicked, and I would love to have that forever, but I would be deluded if I thought I could continue to experience the same story as if for the first time, and the more I see it, the more I "damage" my relationship with the musical, if that makes sense. I want it to keep that specialness and magic, which means I have to leave it behind. If you eat ice cream everyday, it is no longer a delicious treat, right? (it's just going to make you fat )

Honestly, parts of fandom (certainly not WoO in general) and especially bananas probably haven't helped in this regard. Don't get me wrong, they've brought me a lot of enjoyment themselves, but if you're focusing on how a particular actress sings "So if you care to find me" instead of what Elphaba's going through in that scene, then in the long run it might be harder to feel and take in the forest because you're seeing the trees. Bananas are instantly self-gratifying, and because of that they 1) erode the specialness of the scene, in my case, 2) act as a crutch for your memory, mixing themselves up with the faint but special and nostalgic impressions one has of a live performance months afterward. If that's not the case for you, then that's great, but I think I would advise anyone just getting into Wicked to enjoy bananas in moderation .

I don't think I'll ever lose complete interest in Wicked. I've been a fan since I was 13, I am now 18. My interest peaked when I was 14-15, then kinda dwindled down, but now that the tour is coming to where I am (or pretty close) I am getting back into it. I used to be complete OBSESSED with Wicked, now it's just an interest.