Operation Mincemeat heads to Broadway this year and we now know the cast and creative team for the highly-anticipated production after entering the third sold-out year in the West End. With direction by Robert Hastie, the new musical will begin preview performances on Saturday, February 15, with an opening night set for Thursday, March 20 at the Golden Theatre.
Joining the previously announced 2024 Olivier Award-winning cast of Operation Mincemeat, David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Olivier Award-winner Jak Malone and Zoë Roberts, who will reprise their original acclaimed performances for the musical’s Broadway premiere this spring, are understudies Brandon Contreras, Sam Hartley, Jessi Kirtley, Gerianne Pérez and Amanda Jill Robinson.
The debut musical is written and composed by the comedy group, SpitLip, featuring David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts. The creative team will include Olivier Award nominee Jenny Arnold (choreography), Olivier Award nominee Ben Stones (set & costume design), Tony and Olivier Award-winner Mark Henderson (lighting design), Tony Award nominee Mike Walker (sound design), Tony Award nominee Steve Sidwell (orchestrations), Olivier Award nominee Joe Bunker (music direction & supervision), Karen Moore (production stage manager) and Carrie Gardner (casting director).
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.