Colin Donnell

I like to pick out a certain part of each show I'm in and I watch it when I'm not onstage or in my dressing room. I'll go down to the stage and watch that part of the show each night. ”

I love the city of Chicago. They are so welcoming to the shows that shoot here. ”

Touring is great because I love to travel. ”

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 got it right when you picked this show to be your first one.' ”

I had a wonderful home life. My parents are the ultimate, wonderful supporters, so there was never a moment where I felt like I had to get away. ”

I wouldn't be able to have the successes in my career if it weren't for the happiness in my personal life. ”

We all have friends and family who see one path for us, and we go a different path, and it's not necessarily what they would have wanted. ”

My family - my brothers and I especially - like dinners out and are really adventurous with food. ”

I may have gotten my first job from 'Backstage.' I remember going to the Equity offices, and I signed up for an audition. I left. I was grabbing a coffee somewhere and looking at 'Backstage' and saw that there was an audition for another project going on at the same time. It was called 'Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver.' ”

For a while, I was all sports all the time. Then, as I started to get into theater, they dropped away, but I hung on tight with a highly competitive Ultimate Frisbee team. It was probably less intense than I remember, but it was fun. ”