P.J. BENJAMIN Before joining the Broadway company of Wicked, Mr. Benjamin toured as the Wizard in the national company for almost two years. Just recently he appeared as Joe Boyd in the Encores! production of Damn Yankees. For more than six years, he was the lovable “Mr. Cellophane” in Chicago, playing opposite 22 murderous wives including Melanie Griffith, Brooke Shields and Sandy Duncan. Also on Broadway: Torch Song Trilogy, Sophisticated Ladies, Charlie and Algernon (L.A. Critics Award), Fosse’s Pippin, The Pajama Game (George Abbott, dir.) and Sarava, among others. He can be seen in “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: SVU” and is the voice of Sgt. Dodo Bird in Ice Age. P.J. is married to actress Louisa Flaningam…who just typed this resume.

Currently appearing in Show Theatre Role Wicked Gershwin Theatre The Wizard

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