{"id":125494,"date":"2026-02-06T19:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125494\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:44:11","slug":"operation-mincemeat-original-cast-adds-1-final-broadway-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125494\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Mincemeat Original Cast Adds 1 Final Broadway Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"eyebrow eyebrow-custom\" title=\"Broadway News\" style=\"color:#030303;\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/category\/broadway-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broadway News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOperation Mincemeat Original Cast Adds 1 Final Broadway Performance<\/p>\n<p>An additional Sunday evening performance will now be the British group&#8217;s final bow in the Olivier-winning musical.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/547_cast-of-Operation-Mincemeat_Photo-by-Julieta-Cervantes.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Company of Operation Mincemeat<br \/>\n                                       Julieta Cervantes                <\/p>\n<p>Good news, Mincefluencers! The original cast of Broadway and West End musical\u00a0<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/operation-mincemeat-broadway-john-golden-theatre-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Mincemeat<\/a> has added one performance to their Broadway run. The full group\u2014including\u00a0<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/david-cumming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Cumming<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/natasha-hodgson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natasha Hodgson<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/zoe-roberts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zo\u00eb Roberts<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/claire-marie-hall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Claire-Marie Hall<\/a>, and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/jak-malone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jak Malone<\/a>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/operation-mincemeat-original-cast-announces-final-broadway-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">previously announced<\/a> a matinee final bow for February 22. A\u00a0newly added evening performance on February 22\u00a0will now be the group&#8217;s glitzy finale.<\/p>\n<p>Sign-ups for a waitlist for tickets to both February 22 performances is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.operationbroadway.com\/tickets#waitlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OperationBroadway.com<\/a>. General sales will begin February 11 at 11 AM ET.<\/p>\n<p>A new, all-American cast (to be announced) will take over beginning February 24. The show is currently selling tickets through September 13.<\/p>\n<p>The musical is the work of U.K. comedy group <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/spitlip\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SpitLip<\/a>, which comprises Cumming,  Hodgson, Roberts, and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/felix-hagan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Felix Hagan<\/a>\u2014who took the lead on the project&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/the-opening-number-for-operation-mincemeat-took-6-years-to-write\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Video: The Opening Number for Operation Mincemeat Took 6 Years to Write<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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\u2014it actually worked. <\/p>\n<p>The show&#8217;s understudies are <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/brandon-contreras-performer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Contreras<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/sam-hartley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Hartley<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/jessi-kirtley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jessi Kirtley<\/a>, Gerianne P\u00e9rez, and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/amanda-jill-robinson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Jill Robinson<\/a>. Casting is by <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/carrie-gardner-vault-0000003943\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie Gardner<\/a> of C12 Casting. U.K. casting is by <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/pearson-casting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pearson Casting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also back for the Broadway bow is director <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/robert-hastie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Hastie<\/a>, who&#8217;s reunited his full London creative team, including choreographer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/jenny-arnold\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jenny Arnold<\/a>, music director and supervisor <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/joe-bunker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Bunker<\/a>, orchestrator <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/steve-sidwell-vault-0000124563\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Sidwell<\/a>, set and costume designer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/ben-stones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Stones<\/a>, lighting designer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/mark-henderson-vault-0000022646\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Henderson<\/a>, and sound designer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/mike-walker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Walker<\/a>. <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/karen-moore-vault-0000015723\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karen Moore<\/a> serves as production stage manager.<\/p>\n<p>The production is offering $39 tickets via a digital lottery program (enter at <a href=\"https:\/\/rush.telecharge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rush.Telecharge.com<\/a>) and $49 rush tickets in person daily at the Golden Theatre box office.<\/p>\n<p>The Broadway run is produced by Avalon in association with SpitLip. <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/andrew-fell-vault-0000023403\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Fell<\/a> serves as executive producer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telecharge.com\/Operation-Mincemeat-Tickets?AID=AFF000009900&amp;utm_source=affiliate&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=AFF000009900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for tickets to Operation Mincemeat.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tof<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPhotos: Operation Mincemeat on Broadway<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img data-flickity-lazyload=\"\/\/assets.playbill.com\/editorial\/_embeddedGallerySize\/1268_cast-of-Operation-Mincemeat_Photo-by-Julieta-Cervantes.jpg\" alt=\"Operation Mincemeat Broadway Production Photos 2025 HR\" class=\"carousel-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPhotos: Operation Mincemeat on Broadway<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t6 PHOTOS<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-flickity-lazyload=\"\/\/assets.playbill.com\/editorial\/_embeddedGallerySize\/1292_cast-of-Operation-Mincemeat_Photo-by-Julieta-Cervantes.jpg\" alt=\"Operation Mincemeat Broadway Production Photos 2025 HR\" class=\"carousel-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Company of Operation Mincemeat<\/p>\n<p>Julieta Cervantes<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-flickity-lazyload=\"\/\/assets.playbill.com\/editorial\/_embeddedGallerySize\/1268_cast-of-Operation-Mincemeat_Photo-by-Julieta-Cervantes.jpg\" alt=\"Operation Mincemeat Broadway Production Photos 2025 HR\" class=\"carousel-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Company of Operation Mincemeat<\/p>\n<p>Julieta Cervantes<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-flickity-lazyload=\"\/\/assets.playbill.com\/editorial\/_embeddedGallerySize\/547_cast-of-Operation-Mincemeat_Photo-by-Julieta-Cervantes.jpg\" alt=\"Operation Mincemeat Broadway Production Photos 2025 HR\" class=\"carousel-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Company of Operation Mincemeat<\/p>\n<p>Julieta Cervantes<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-flickity-lazyload=\"\/\/assets.playbill.com\/editorial\/_embeddedGallerySize\/966_cast-of-Operation-Mincemeat_Photo-by-Julieta-Cervantes.jpg\" alt=\"Operation Mincemeat Broadway Production Photos 2025 HR\" class=\"carousel-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Company of Operation Mincemeat<\/p>\n<p>Julieta Cervantes<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-flickity-lazyload=\"\/\/assets.playbill.com\/editorial\/_embeddedGallerySize\/102_cast-of-Operation-Mincemeat_Photo-by-Julieta-Cervantes.jpg\" alt=\"Operation Mincemeat Broadway Production Photos 2025 HR\" class=\"carousel-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Company of Operation Mincemeat<\/p>\n<p>Julieta Cervantes<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-flickity-lazyload=\"\/\/assets.playbill.com\/editorial\/_embeddedGallerySize\/341_David-Cumming-Natasha-Hodgson-Claire-Marie-Hall_Photo-by-Julieta-Cervantes.jpg\" alt=\"Operation Mincemeat Broadway Production Photos 2025 David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, and Claire-Marie Hall HR\" class=\"carousel-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, and Claire-Marie Hall in Operation Mincemeat<\/p>\n<p>Julieta Cervantes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broadway News Operation Mincemeat Original Cast Adds 1 Final Broadway Performance An additional Sunday evening performance will 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