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2025 TONY^® AWARD WINNER JAK MALONE
AND CO-CREATOR ZOË ROBERTS OF
2025 TONY^® AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL
“OPERATION MINCEMEAT”
RECREATE ICONIC “V-J DAY IN TIMES SQUARE” PHOTO
TO COMMEMORATE THE
80^th ANNIVERSARY OF V-J DAY, THE END OF WORLD WAR II 

Photo by Emilio Madrid HERE

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New York, NY (August 14, 2025) – 2025 Tony^® Award Winner Jak Malone and co-creator and star Zoë Roberts of the 2025 Tony Award Nominee for Best Musical & 2024 Olivier Award^® Winner for Best New Musical, Operation Mincemeat, commemorated the 80^th anniversary of V-J Day, the day that marked the end of World War II and marked victory for the Allied Nations, with a recreation of the iconic photograph known as “V-J Day in Times Square.” The photograph, taken August 14^th, 1945, by Alfred Eisenstaedt, depicts a US Navy sailor kissing a woman in Times Square after the news of Japan’s surrender broke and celebration swept through the city. The 80^th anniversary of V-J Day serves a moment to reflect upon the history and atrocities of WWII, and remember importance of the real people who lived, fought, and endured those years.

This year, the critically acclaimed production was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical (David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts), and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts). Malone won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role as ‘Hester Leggatt.’

Operation Mincemeat has been extended through February 15, 2026 by popular demand, originally set to be a 16-week run.

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.

Directed by Robert Hastie, Operation Mincemeat began performances on Broadway on February 15 and is currently playing at the historic Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street).

Starring in Operation Mincemeat are David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone, and Zoë Roberts, who have reprised their original, acclaimed performances for the musical’s Broadway (American) premiere.

Tickets are on sale at Telecharge.com or by phone at 212-239-6200. For more information, please visit operationbroadway.com.

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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