The original 2024 Olivier Award®-winning cast of Operation Mincemeat will reprise their acclaimed performances for the musical’s Broadway (American) Premiere this spring. Original cast members, David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson,Olivier Award-winner Jak Malone and Zoë Roberts will begin preview performances on Saturday, February 15, 2025. Operation Mincemeat will officially open at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street) on Thursday, March 20, after two sold-out years (and counting) on the West End.
This extraordinary debut musical is written and composed by the comedy troupe, SpitLip, comprised of Mr. Cumming, Felix Hagan, Ms. Hodgson and Ms. Roberts,
Tickets go on sale beginning Wednesday, November 20 at Telecharge.com or by phone at 212-239-6200. A fan pre-sale will begin on Monday, November 18. For more information, please visit operationbroadway.com.
In Operation Mincemeat, it’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.
Operation Mincemeat began as a tiny (and tiny-budgeted) production at London’s New Diorama Theatre. The show quickly gained a devoted following, spurring sold-out runs at venues including Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios. It finally premiered in the West End on May 9, 2023, at the Fortune Theatre, where it received rave reviews, continues to play to standing-room-only crowds, and has cultivated one of London’s most fervent fanbase, affectionately dubbed “Mincefluencers."
Operation Mincemeat went onto earn six 2024 Olivier Award nominations, winning Best New Musical and Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical. It was also named the Best New Musical at the 2024 WhatsOnStage Awards. Earlier in the show’s journey, Operation Mincemeat picked up the Off-West End award for Best Musical Production and Best Company Ensemble, as well as The Stage Debut Award for Best Composer/Lyricist.
Operation Mincemeat is produced on Broadway by Avalon (in association with SpitLip). The musical was commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, co-commissioned by The Lowry, and also supported by the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.