They were born to lead! Broadway’s Operation Mincemeat welcomed its all-new, all-American cast to the John Golden Theatre earlier this year, and newly released production shots are giving us a first look at the new crew. Take a look in the photo gallery below.
The new cast features Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw, Beautiful, Bye Bye Birdie) as Ewen Montagu & Others, Jeff Kready (Masquerade, The Great Gatsby, Company) as Hester Leggatt & Others, Brandon Contreras (Titanique, Almost Famous) as Charles Cholmondeley & Others, Jessi Kirtley as Jean Leslie & Others, and Amanda Jill Robinson as Johnny Bevan & Others. Casting is by Carrie Gardner of C12 Casting.
Contreras, Kirtley, and Robinson were previously understudies with the company. The new company is rounded out by understudies Robert Ariza, Allison Guinn, Sam Hartley, Gerianne Pérez, and Lexi Rabadi.
The musical is the work of U.K. comedy group SpitLip, which comprises David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts, and Felix Hagan (who took the lead on the project’s music). The Broadway production is currently selling tickets through September 13. Meanwhile, it continues its run in the West End.
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The show tells a wacky, stranger-than-fiction story that is somehow completely true, following a World War II scheme in which British Intelligence officials dressed up a corpse as an officer in the Royal Marines in order to fool the German government into believing an Allied attack on Greece and Sardinia was imminent, covering up their true plans to invade Sicily in the process. Spoiler alert—it actually worked.
Director Robert Hastie has reunited his full London creative team, including choreographer Jenny Arnold, music director and supervisor Joe Bunker, orchestrator Steve Sidwell, set and costume designer Ben Stones, lighting designer Mark Henderson, and sound designer Mike Walker. Karen Moore serves as production stage manager.
The production is offering $39 tickets via a digital lottery program (enter at Rush.Telecharge.com) and $49 rush tickets in person daily at the Golden Theatre box office.
The Broadway run is produced by Avalon in association with SpitLip. Andrew Fell serves as executive producer.