Career
She has appeared on Broadway in Wicked as the 10th Anniversary Elphaba, Godspell, Grease as January, and Everyday Rapture. She has just returned to New York after previewing the show "A Little More Alive", written by Nick Blaemire, in Kansas City, where she played the role of Lizzie. Her other theater credits include The Marvelous Wonderettes, 35MM, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Princesses.
The pair, popularly known as "Klendez", have appeared alongside each other in Dogfight as Eddie Birdlace and Rose Fenny, Wicked as Elphaba and Fiyero, and frequently perform together at the Broadway supper club 54 Below.
While performing at Wicked, Mendez filmed a popular series of video blogs for Broadway.com entitled "Fly Girl: Backstage at Wicked with Lindsay Mendez", giving an inside look at the smash musical involving interviews with current cast members, glimpses of costumes, sets, props, and how Mendez herself was transformed into the musical"s protagonist, Elphaba, the green-skinned girl who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Mendez is also a jazz and blues singer, performing at local dining areas and concerts.
She and her collaborator, pianist Marco Paguia, released a jazz album entitled "This Time" in 2013. Lindsay, along with composer Ryan Scott Oliver, founded and currently runs Actor Therapy: a five week training experience for young actors in New York City.