Play On Words: A Musical Celebration of P. G. Wodehouse on Broadway
at Ladbroke Hall, London
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“With a wonderfully expressive voice and all the wit and charm of Wodehouse himself, Hal Cazalet makes for an enchanting entertainer.”– Sir Stephen Fry
“Hal Cazalet wins all hearts” – The Sunday Times
“Beguiling” – The New York Times
A Festive Homage to Laughter, Music, Romance and Glamour.
PG. Wodehouse once had a record-breaking five musicals playing simultaneously on Broadway. Today, his step-great grandson Hal Cazalet, along with pianist Simon Beck, transport us back to the Golden Age of stage and screen through stories and song, with a guest appearance from Lara Cazalet (Hal’s sister).
One of our greatest comic writers, ‘Plum’ Wodehouse once said he wrote his stories like ‘musical comedies, without the music.’
Between 1915-1935 his works not only defined the American musical, but informed the way he crafted his novels and characters.
Marking the 50th Anniversary year since the master of mirth left us for the Great Clubhouse in the sky, come join us in celebrating the birth of the American musical with theatrical highlights from the last 120 years featuring Gershwin, Kern, Rogers & Hammerstein, Noël Coward, Stephen Sondheim and many more.
Play On Words: A Musical Celebration of P. G. Wodehouse on Broadway
A Musical Celebration of P. G. Wodehouse on Broadway. ‘Hal Cazalet wins all hearts’ - The Sunday Times ‘Beguiling’ - The New York Times PLAY ON WORDS: A Musical Celebration of P. G. Wodehouse on Broadway “With a wonderfully expressive voice and all the wit and charm of Wodehouse himself, Hal Cazalet makes for an enchanting entertainer.” Sir Stephen Fry P. G. Wodehouse once had a record-breaking five musicals playing on Broadway at the same time. Today, his step-great grandson Hal Cazalet, with pianist Simon Beck, transports us back to the Golden Age of stage and screen through stories and song. One of our greatest comic writers, ‘Plum’ Wodehouse said he wrote his stories like ‘musical comedies, without the music.’ His musicals between 1915-1935 not only defined the American musical, but informed the way he crafted his novels and characters. Come celebrate the birth of the American musical with theatrical writing highlights of the last 120 years from Gershwin, Kern, Rogers & Hammerstein, Noël Coward, Stephen Sondheim and many more. Marking the 50th Anniversary year since the master of mirth left us for the Great Clubhouse in the sky. Directed and Devised by Hugh Wooldridge.…
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Hal Cazalet
Acclaimed British tenor opera singer Hal Cazalet, who has performed at nearly all operatic venues in the world, including the Kennedy Center & Carnegie Hall, trained at the Juilliard School, New York, where he won the Shoshana Foundation Award. Hal has been part of Philip Glass Les Enfants Terribles (USA, European Tours), Roxanna Panufnik The Music Programme (Polish National Opera, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House) and Death and the Powers (Chicago Opera Theatre & Dallas, Boston and Monte Carlo Operas).
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Simon Beck
Simon has played the piano for many leading stars from London and the USA, including Hal Cazalet, Barbara Cook, Lorna Dallas, Sophie-Louise Dann, Lorna Luft, Karen Mason, Sally Mayes, and Liz Robertson. Simon, the singer, has headlined at The Crazy Coqs, The Pheasantry, Jermyn Street Theatre, Pizza On The Park (all London), plus Jazz On Top (Osaka, Japan), Haymarket Theatre (Leicester), Hazlitt Theatre (Maidstone) and sung backing vocals in Maria Friedman’s Re-arranged (Trafalgar Studios, London). Simon's album 'The Courage of a Dreamer' is available on CD (Amazon), all digital platforms, and from simonbeckmusician.com. He made his conducting début at the age of 20 as the assistant conductor of the German premier production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Sunset Boulevard'. He made his classical debut with the Scottish Pops Orchestra at Glamis Castle, Scotland for the Glamis Prom 2018.
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on Tue 25 November 2025