“OPERATION MINCEMEAT” VISITS WASHINGTON D.C. – PHOTOS AND VIDEO AVAILABLE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
CAST OF
TONY® AND OLIVIER AWARD® -WINNING
“OPERATION MINCEMEAT”
VISITS WASHINGTON D.C.
INCLUDING A VISIT TO WILLIE WATKINS’ GRAVE ALONGSIDE HIS FAMILY,
A PERFORMANCE AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS,
AND PRIVATE TOURS AT THE SMITHSONIAN’S NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM AND
THE INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM
PHOTO AND VIDEO AVAILABLE
New York, NY (March 12, 2026) – The cast of Tony® and Olivier® Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat, including Brandon Contreras, Gerianne Pérez, Amanda Jill Robinson, Jeff Kready and Jessi Kirtley, visited Washington D.C. for a day of exploration to different sites around the city that directly relate to World War II and the history of the original Operation that the show is based on.
The day included a private tour of the soon-to-be open World War II “In The Air” exhibition at The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, a trip to the International Spy Museum, home of “a missile so tiny it’s shot from a pen,” a performance to a sold out crowd at The Library of Congress’ Coolidge Auditorium with a talkback moderated by Amanda Finney (former chief of staff to the press office and special assistant to Press Secretary Jen Psaki under the Biden-Harris Administration). Finally, the cast met the family of American Pilot Willie “Bill” Wakins, at his burial site in Arlington National Cemetery, where he lies alongside his brothers who were also sadly killed in action during World War II. He is the only American character featured in Operation Mincemeat.
Photos can be seen here, and video can be downloaded here.
Operation Mincemeat has just been extended for an eighth time due to high demand. Exclusively for superfans on the mailing list, the “Operation Earlybird” pre-sale begins on Thursday, March 26, running for 24 hours. Tickets will be available at $79, $129, and $179, with fan-favorite front two-row seats priced at $79. To sign up for the mailing list, click here.
Additionally, to celebrate the sale of its one millionth ticket sale, Operation Mincemeat will also be giving out Golden Tickets to five (5) lucky winners. The Golden Tickets will afford recipients free, unlimited access to Operation Mincemeat, anytime, anywhere in the world, for life.
GOLDEN TICKET DETAILS:
Two Golden Tickets will be given out in London: one in person and one digitally. Two Golden Tickets will be given out in New York City: one in person and one digitally. The final Golden Ticket will be given to the one millionth ticket holder. The deadline to enter for digital Golden Tickets has passed.
In Person Golden Tickets
New York
To be eligible, interested agents can make an in-person ticket purchase on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at the Golden Theatre box office (252 W 45th St, New York) between 11am – 12pm ET. Tickets can be purchased for any available performance at any price.
No ticket purchase necessary via postal entry. Please send in your name, the email address that you are happy to be contacted at if you win, and social media handle if you are happy being tagged on socials. All postal entries must be received before March 10, 2026 to be eligible. Only one postal entry per person.
Anyone who purchases a ticket between 11am – 12pm ET on March 12 is invited to the LIVE, in-person drawing of the winner at the Golden. The theater will open at 12pm ET and the ticket draw will take place at 12:30pm ET inside the Golden Theatre. Attendance to the live draw is via proof of your ticket purchase. Those who entered via post are also welcome to attend the live draw. Please arrive at the Golden Theatre beginning at 12pm ET. You do not need to be present at the draw to win. The draw will be live streamed on the Operation Mincemeat Broadway Instagram page (@mincemeatbway).
Open to U.S. residents aged 18 and older. T&Cs apply. Details of the NYC in-person draw subject to change without notice.
London
To be eligible, interested agents can make an in-person ticket purchase on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at the Fortune Theatre (Russell St, WC2B 5HH) box office between 4pm – 5pm GMT. Tickets can be purchased for any available performance at any price.
Those who purchase tickets within that hour are encouraged to stay or return at 5pm GMT. At 5:30pm GMT, winners will be selected by a verifiable random process.
No ticket purchase necessary via postal entry. Please send in your name, the email address that you are happy to be contacted at if you win, and social media handle if you are happy being tagged on socials. All postal entries must be received before March 10, 2026 to be eligible. Only one postal entry per person.
Entrants must be 18+ and located in the U.K. T&Cs apply.
The Broadway regiment features Brandon Contreras as ‘Charles Cholmondeley & Others,’ Jessi Kirtley as ‘Jean Leslie & Others,’ Tony Award Nominee Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw, Beautiful, Bye Bye Birdie) as ‘Ewen Montagu & Others,’ Jeff Kready (Masquerade, The Great Gatsby, Company) as ‘Hester Leggatt & Others,’ and Amanda Jill Robinson as ‘Johnny Bevan & Others.’ The understudies include Robert Ariza, Allison Guinn, Sam Hartley, Gerianne Pérez and Lexi Rabadi.
Operation Mincemeat is currently in performances on Broadway, in the West End, and has just launched its world tour, beginning with a UK leg ahead of travelling across the USA beginning October 2026, followed by Canada, Mexico, China, Australia and New Zealand.
“It’s not just the best musical I’ve ever seen; it’s the most rewarding theatrical experience I’ve ever had,” said Taffy Brodesser-Akner (The New York Times).
Tickets are available at Telecharge.com or by phone at 212-239-6200. For more information, please visit operationbroadway.com.
Across 1,928 performances – from its origins on the London Fringe to the West End, to Broadway, and now currently on a world tour, where the show runs simultaneously – Operation Mincemeat has cultivated a fervent fanbase, affectionately dubbed “Mincefluencers.” On Broadway alone, more than 2,000 audience members – roughly one in fifty – have bought tickets for multiple performances, including 53 superfans who have purchased tickets for ten or more shows.
Operation Mincemeat has been nominated for 64 awards since opening at the 77-seat New Diorama Theatre in 2019, winning 13, including Best Musical 3 times, from the Olivier Awards®, WhatsOnStage Awards, and Off-West End Awards. On Broadway, the show was nominated for 4 Tony Awards® in 2025, including Best Musical. The production won Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Jak Malone’s portrayal of Hester Leggatt, who previously won the Olivier Award® in the same category. The production has also received nominations for Outstanding Production of a Musical at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding New Broadway Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Musical at the BroadwayWorld Theater Fans’ Choice Awards, and Favourite New Musical at the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards.
In Operation Mincemeat, it’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.
Written by triple Tony Award nominees SpitLip (comprised of David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts), and directed by Robert Hastie, Operation Mincemeat began performances on Broadway on February 15, 2025 and is currently playing at the historic Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), as well as in the West End, and has just launched its world tour, beginning with a UK leg ahead of travelling across the USA from October 2026, followed by Canada, Mexico, China, Australia and New Zealand.
Operation Mincemeat is produced on Broadway and in the West End by Avalon (in association with SpitLip). The show was commissioned by New Diorama Theatre, co-commissioned by The Lowry, and also supported by the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.
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