OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reviews — Page 2

I’m really surprised by the mixed response here.

And I bet their team was expecting better too.

DTLI Consensus: Mission accomplished — the funniest Broadway musical of the spring by far has arrived.

12 positive, 2 mixed (including the NYT), 2 negative.

https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/operation-mincemeat/

Yes, terrible review - as usual from this person.

"Robert Hastie provides the frenzied “Mincemeat” direction. It forced someone behind me to whisper halfway through Act 1, “This is exhausting.” Nothing kills a laugh faster than seeing actors sweat."

How old with this "person". It's fast paced, but to end the review this is ridiculous. The cast makes it look EASY via the direction and choreography. I'm not sure he saw the show...

Management now preps British creative teams for the "hit overseas" anti-British musical reviewers, on par with tonight. They were ready for what was to come.

Updated On: 3/21/25 at 12:13 AM

I think having the NYTimes give a mixed review always takes the sheen off a bit - for example the Company revival that got raves except basically a pan from the NYtimes (why is it ALWAYS Jesse Green who is the common denominator here??).

So a set of positive reviews, sure - and enough to potentially seal the 'Best Musical' deal but not a guarantee.

Is this not the most exciting Tonys we've had in literally years? So many musical categories it's very close to call right now and could go in many directions.

Now I want my beloved Operation Mincemeat to win the Tony over my equally beloved Dead Outlaw. Not because I think it's better, I just want to f*ck with Jesse Green's reputation!!!

I'm pretty sure Jack Malone will still get a nomination and probably win (though some of those Dead Outlaw guys are pretty great) but I think that New York Times review trashed any hope of Natasha getting a nomination with it already being an overstuffed category. Unless they put her (and all) in Supporting?

Updated On: 3/21/25 at 05:59 AM

God, I'm so sick of Jesse Green. I had issues my issues with Brantley, but he was a) a much better writer and b) seemed to be more "in touch" with his reviews.

I think the reviews bore out exactly what we saw in the previews thread here, about 1 out of 5 people commented they were disappointed by it or didn't like it. And while there is a lot of focus on Green, he's not alone. The Feldman piece is very well written and in much the same spot as Green.

The vast majority of reviews are positive, and give them a lot to work with. It's also true the majority of reviews intimate the show is too long. Theatremania, which outright says they loved the show, takes time in the review to point out none of the underlying issues with the show have been addressed.

I think this indicates Mincemeat is not winning Best Musical. In a season where Maybe Happy Ending got straight raves, and Dead Outlaw is well poised to do the same, 1 out of 5 not enjoying it while the rest "like it in spite of it's flaws" is likely not enough in a season where every single vote will matter.

The reviews do back up Jak Malone is practically a lock, so congrats to him!

CoffeeBreak said: "Management now preps British creative teams for the "hit overseas"anti-British musical reviewers, on par with tonight. They were ready for what was to come."

If British creative teams are such delicate flowers who can't handle the fact that reviewers and audience members elsewhere may have different perspectives and may view their work differently, and "Management" has to tell them that New York critics are just big meanies who are going to say negative things about their perfect shows because they're British, that's pretty pathetic. Don't put work out there (and certainly don't bring it over) if you can't handle the idea that some people may not love it, for perfectly valid reasons.

As someone who really enjoyed the show (more than Green or Feldman) without quite loving it, I found their reviews on point and find it hard to disagree with a single word. (Green's final paragraphs about the show's treatment of real-life people in particular zeroes in on something that bothered me about it, and still does.) But perhaps I'm just a mean ol' Murrican.

Updated On: 3/21/25 at 09:09 AM

Although it didn’t get unanimous praise, this was still a well-reviewed production. People need to stop treating reviews as a rave/pan binary.


And these reviews don’t necessarily knock Mincemeat out of the Tony race, either.

Updated On: 3/21/25 at 09:43 AM