| “OPERATION MINCEMEAT” LAUNCHES DIGITAL LOTTERY, RUSH, AND “THE GOLDEN PREVIEW DRAW” | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 08:21 am EST 02/07/25 | |
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| 2024 OLIVIER AWARD®-WINNING "OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL" LAUNCHES DIGITAL LOTTERY & IN-PERSON RUSH AND "THE GOLDEN PREVIEW DRAW" FOR $39 PREMIUM SEATS New York, NY – 2024 Olivier Best New Musical Award-winning Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical will launch a "Golden Preview Draw," offering fans the chance to purchase a limited number of $39 tickets, including premium seats, for all preview performances – among them the sold out first preview on Saturday, February 15th. Winners will be selected at 10 am ET on February 12th for all preview performances and will have 24 hours to purchase their tickets. Directed by Robert Hastie, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical will begin preview performances on Saturday, February 15, with an opening night set for Thursday, March 20 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), after entering the third sold out year in the West End. SpitLip, the show's writers and composers, said: "All we want is for as many people as possible to enjoy our show, so we hope this preview draw allows new crowds and familiar faces to join us at the Golden. Theatre should bring people together, and if we can provide a night of laughter, tears and joy to anyone who wants it, that's our job done." Sign up to "The Golden Preview Draw" here. As well as The Golden Preview Draw, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical is set to launch a Digital Lottery and In-Person Rush to mark its Broadway debut: Digital Lottery Feeling lucky? Digital Lottery tickets will be available via rush.telecharge.com for $39 each, daily. Starting from February 13th, ahead of the first preview on February 15th, participants will have a chance to enter to win tickets throughout the Broadway run. In-Person Rush A limited number of In-Person Rush tickets will be available at the Golden Theatre box office for $49 each for the day of the performance. The box office is open Monday through Saturday from 10 AM ET – 6 PM ET. Beginning Saturday February 15, the box office hours are Monday through Saturday, 10AM ET – 8PM ET, and Sunday from 12 PM ET – 6 PM ET. Each person may purchase up to two tickets for that day's performance on a first-come, first-served basis. Ticket availability, seat locations, and potential partial views will vary. Starring in Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, is the 2024 Olivier Award®-winning cast, David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Olivier Award-winner Jak Malone and Zoë Roberts, who will reprise their original acclaimed performances for the musical's Broadway (American) premiere this spring. Brandon Contreras, Sam Hartley, Jessi Kirtley, Gerianne Pérez and Amanda Jill Robinson round out the cast as understudies. Tickets are on sale now at Telecharge.com or by phone at 212-239-6200. For more information, please visit operationbroadway.com. Originally slated for just an eight-week run, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical has been extended twelve times and is now entering its third sold-out year in London's West End. Currently booking until June 7, 2025, with group bookings available until January 2026, the show continues its tradition of successful ticketing draws and a hugely popular fortnightly ticket lottery. This extraordinary debut musical is written and composed by the comedy troupe, SpitLip, comprised of David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts. The decision to write it was the last roll of the dice from the quartet of young British creatives after years of performing sketch shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and echoes the journey of Beyond the Fringe from the world-famous quartet Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1960, before moving to the Fortune Theatre and later to the Golden in 1962. 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. Operation Mincemeat began as a tiny (and tiny-budgeted) production at London's New Diorama Theatre. The show quickly gained a devoted following, spurring sold-out runs at venues including Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios. It finally premiered in the West End on May 9, 2023, at the Fortune Theatre, where it has since received 74 five-star reviews and counting, becoming 'the Best Reviewed Show in West End History.' The show continues to play to standing-room-only crowds and has cultivated one of one of London's most fervent fanbase, affectionately dubbed "Mincefluencers." Operation Mincemeat went onto earn six 2024 Olivier Award nominations, winning Best New Musical and Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical. It was also named the Best New Musical at the 2024 WhatsOnStage Awards. Earlier in the show's journey, Operation Mincemeat picked up the Off-West End award for Best Musical Production and Best Company Ensemble, as well as The Stage Debut Award for Best Composer/Lyricist. 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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