US EditionReview: British Musical Farce ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Is Anything But Dead on Arrival
- Operation Mincemeat is a British musical about a 1943 ruse by MI5 to deceive Nazi leaders into believing Allied forces were attacking Sardinia instead of Sicily, allowing the Allies to secure Sicily.
- The show combines elements of humor and music, featuring a small cast who play multiple roles and critique social issues from wartime intelligence services.
- Critic Chris Jones describes the musical as a clever mix of British humor and contemporary themes, highlighting its cleverness and contemporary sensibility.
- The musical includes emotional depth and humor while acknowledging past sacrifices, as seen in the song 'Dear Bill,' which reflects on personal loss during wartime.
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‘Operation Mincemeat’ Co-Producers Raye Levine & JT Tsou Launch Left No Ring Production Company For Film, Television & Theater
EXCLUSIVE: With Broadway’s Operation Mincemeat opening to rave reviews last night, the timing couldn’t be better for two of the musical’s co-producers to announce their next project: Raye Levine and JT Tsou are launching a new production company called Left No Ring Productions, with Mincemeat its first official project. Levine, whose acting credits include the […]
Review: British Musical Farce ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Is Anything But Dead on Arrival
Given our national politics, the British musical Operation Mincemeat couldn’t arrive on Broadway at a more apposite time. Here’s a show that glamourizes deep state civil servants as hard-working, idealistic heroes using guile and grit to bring down Hitler. By contrast, we have people in the White House waving prop chainsaws and tweeting that federal bureaucrats are worse than Der Führer…who maybe wasn’t such a bad guy, had some interesting ideas…
Chicago Tribune
Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ on Broadway is a very British parody of a secret WWII mission
NEW YORK — Operation Mincemeat was not about baking tasty little seasonal pies but the name given to an elaborate 1943 ruse concocted by the British intelligence services to clear out thousands of Nazi soldiers from Sicily by making them think the Allied forces were headed to Sardinia instead. Incredibly, it involved a British submarine planting a dead military body carrying fake invasion plans in the sea off the coast of Spain. Even more incred…
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