20-02-2025
Operation Mincemeat Aims to Re-Create London Smash as It Heads to Broadway
The new musical Operation Mincemeat isn't coming to Broadway with the usual predictors of success. The show, which started performances on Feb. 15 at the Golden Theatre in New York, doesn't have Hollywood stars or stage legends to sell tickets; not a single one of its songs was a top 40 hit in the '80s. What it does have is a track record of rave reviews and adoring audiences in London and an eager cast of wickedly talented up-and-comers who can expertly jump between musical genres and execute Marx Brothers-esque physical comedy.
'Nothing that has happened with this show is what we planned for,' says star Natasha Hodgson, who co-created the show with fellow members of the British comedy troupe SpitLip. 'I still had a financial copywriting job when this all started.'
