Tim Tebow gets "Wicked" on Broadway

It looks like Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez might have another thing in common these days— the love of Broadway musicals.

Sanchez was already a regular theater-goer so— besides getting ready to share quarterback duties for the New York Jets— both seem to be drawn to the Great White Way.

Tebow spent Saturday in New York taking in his first Broadway show "Wicked" at the Gershwin Theatre.  Maybe we should start calling him Broadway Tim— maybe not.

"It was really good," Tebow gushed as he left the theater through the back door holding a bottle of water.

"Wicked" is a pretty safe bet despite its sinister name.

The Broadway staple has been running since 2003 and launched the career of Kristen Chenoweth and the song "Popular"— an anthem for millions of teenage girls.

Tebow told the New York Daily News he picked the show on word of mouth.

"I heard good things about it," he said before he hopped into a luxury van outside the theatre.

Tebow arrived five minutes before the curtain rose and after he greeted all of the stagehands. Some audience members recognized him and started tweeting about his appearance.

After the show, he went backstage to congratulate the stars.

It's hard not to draw the parallels between the show's premise and Tebow's future with the Jets.

"Wicked" is the story of two unlikely friends who go up against each other.  One becomes the Wicked Witch of the West and the other the Good Witch of the North.  Call it a witch controversy.

You do the casting, but Rex Ryan would be a great Wizard of Oz.