OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reviews — Page 4

I would vote for Mincemeat over MHE but I’d easily say MHE is the front runner.

It’s a fantastic narrative of rumored work stop order to for all intents and purposes a healthy run and it’d be a worthy winner.

My hope is that there’s some splitting because it’s been a very good season so far.

CoffeeBreak had it in for Maybe Happy Ending before it opened. They're involved with Mincemeat somehow - my guess is a low level investor; either that or a spurned love interest of someone on the MHE team (ex-sugar daddy? did the bank roll dry up & they dumped you?) - and have taken it upon themselves to run a one person PR campaign against MHE.

If there's any overhype happening, it's of Mincemeat, which, far from being an underdog, came in with a lot of support and a ton of prestige, and we are seeing in the response the backlash to it (not to the extent of, say, Cabaret, but an echo). I don't know why you're so committed to these alternative facts, CoffeeBreak, and I do think your extremely committed boosterism of Mincemeat does suggest you have some personal interest in it.

Kad said: "If there's any overhype happening, it's of Mincemeat, which, far from being an underdog, came in with a lot of support and a ton of prestige, and we are seeing in the response the backlash to it (not to the extent of, say, Cabaret, but an echo). I don't know why you're so committed to these alternative facts, CoffeeBreak, and I do think your extremely committed boosterism of Mincemeat does suggest you have some personal interest in it."

I thought they had something to do with the company that supplies the merch for each show as they always post that. :)

A show coming in that won the Olivier for Best Musical does not make it an underdog. But they will continue with that narrative.

No actually (in that post, at least) I was referring to people who or shill - maybe that was the better word to use - for or against certain shows. “Boop”, anyone?

Huss417 said:
I thought they had something to do with the company that supplies the merch for each show as they always post that. :)


That's an interesting guess. I just looked, and MHE is using a different company from almost every other show to sell their merch.

Maybe I've been watching too much Elsbeth, but that sounds like a motive to continually badmouth a show. I guess we'll have to wait & see if anyone has an untimely accident.

Now extended through February 15, 2026. Presale opens on Thursday.

EDSOSLO858 said: "Now extended through February 15, 2026. Presale opens on Thursday."

Wow. No longer going with that short-extensions strategy anymore. I wonder what changed their minds?

MemorableUserName said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Now extended through February 15, 2026. Presale opens on Thursday."

Wow. No longer going with that short-extensions strategy anymore. I wonder what changed their minds?"



It's a show of confidence in the wake of good-but-not-rave reviews they expected. Now no one can question it's longevity or it's strength on the street. (Though, of course, it could simply close anytime. But the general public don't know that.)

Charley Kringas Inc said: "Jumpin_J said: "MemorableUserName said: "The Wrap

‘Operation Mincemeat’ Broadway Review: This British Import Works Way Too Hard to Be Fun

Nothing kills a laugh faster than seeing actors sweat



https://www.thewrap.com/operation-mincemeat-broadway-review/"

It's a five person, full length musical. You think they'll be in lounge chairs and PJ's for two and a half hours? It's work. I don't know what you were expecting."

Hofler's review isn't very good, but the point is that being able to "see the sweat" (i.e., the effort)is a quick way to deflate comedy because it comes across as forced and desperate."

Perhaps, but it's worth remembering that Gutenberg! The Musical only had two actors in a whole musical comedy and people still went nuts over it.

Kad is 100% correct.



But that being said, I didn't "see them sweat" at all.

Lin Manuel Miranda was at the March 26th matinee as well as Roberta Colindrez from Cult of Love.

Saw the show the second time today and fell in love with it even more. We are lucky to have this incredible, amazing gem on Broadway. I'm rooting for Operation Mincemeat comes Tony.

Updated On: 3/26/25 at 05:46 PM

Frivolity Revs Up on Broadway: ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and ‘Operation Mincemeat’

The silliness sticks more than the pathos in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

https://www.slantmagazine.com/theater/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-operation-mincemeat-review-sarah-snook/

"the show transcends its frivolity in a way that The Picture of Dorian Gray never does in a few affecting tonal heel-turns. As the long-serving secretary Hester, Jak Malone delivers a tender reflection on the pain of separation during wartime in the show’s best song, “Dear Bill.” Hester’s mentorship of a young secretary (Claire-Marie Hall) who’s frustrated that her gender will keep her out of the agency’s seats of power also comes to a head in the thoughtful duet “Useful.” Malone, more so than his castmates, tends to keep his physical humor subtle, relying on small gestures and quiet eyerolls to communicate both the barminess and humanity of his characters. His gentler presence is a balm in the midst of so much manic exuberance."