TONY AWARD-NOMINATED “OPERATION MINCEMEAT” COMMEMORATES 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF VE DAY WITH PERFORMANCE OF “SAIL ON, BOYS”
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2025 TONY AWARD® NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSICAL
AND 2024 OLIVIER AWARD® WINNER FOR BEST NEW MUSICAL
“OPERATION MINCEMEAT”
COMMEMORATES 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF VE DAY
WITH PERFORMANCE OF
“SAIL ON, BOYS”
INCLUDING CHOIRS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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New York, NY (May 9, 2025) – Operation Mincemeat, now a four-time 2025 Tony Award® nominee, and two-time 2024 Olivier Award® Winning musical, commemorated VE Day with a performance of “Sail On, Boys”, one of the productions most popular songs, at the Horse Guards Parade in London to a crowd of 14,000. To accompany, choirs from around the world have come together to create a video of “Sail On, Boys”.
Participating choirs include: Chivenor Wives Choir, Canadian Military Wives Choir. CAMMO Center for American Military Opportunities, Stephanie Shaker – Military Mermaid and CAMMO American Military Spouses Choir Vocalist, George Wills Army Veteran – West Point Glee Club and CAMMO Vocalist, Canadian Military Wives Choir Assoc., Canadian Military Wives Choirs Halifax, Ottawa-Uplands Military Wives Choir & Ottawa Military Wives Choi, Kari Mills, President of the Canadian Military Wives Choir North Bay
Opera Montana Veterans Chorus, The Citadel Cadets and the RNLI / The 85ers.
The creators of Operation Mincemeat, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts put out a statement on the anniversary of VE Day:
“Eighty years ago, Germany surrendered, and the Allies declared victory in Europe — a day we commemorate as VE Day (not to be confused with “Victory Day,” a holiday invented by the current U.S. President, who might have forgotten America was still at war with Japan). As the creators of Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, we honor the real-life deception that helped make that victory possible — a bold operation believed to have saved over 10,000 Allied lives. Today, and every day, it is important we remember the courage, sacrifice, and strategy that brought the world closer to peace.”
Directed by Robert Hastie, Operation Mincemeat began performances on Broadway on February 15 and is now playing at the historic Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street).
Starring in Operation Mincemeat are David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Olivier Award-winner Jak Malone, and Zoë Roberts, who have reprised their original, acclaimed performances for the musical’s Broadway (American) premiere.
The decision to write the musical 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.’ Now in its third sold-out year, the show continues to play to standing-room-only crowds and has built one of London’s most passionate fanbases, affectionately known as the “Mincefluencers.”
To date, Operation Mincemeat has garnered 64 award nominations and won 13, including Best Musical accolades from the Olivier Awards®, WhatsOnStage Awards, and Off-West End Awards. On Broadway, the production has received four 2025 Tony Award® nominations: Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics), and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Jak Malone, who also recently won the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance.
The show has earned a further 16 nominations at the BroadwayWorld Theater Fans’ Choice Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Lead Performer (David Cumming and Natasha Hodgson), Best Featured Performer (Claire-Marie Hall, Malone, and Zoë Roberts), and Best Ensemble. It has also received four Broadway.com Audience Choice Award nominations, including Favorite New Musical and two for Cumming (Favorite Leading Actor and Favorite Funny Performance). Additional honours include three Drama Desk Award nominations (including one for Malone), six Outer Critics Circle nominations, and three Drama League nominations.
Tickets are on sale now 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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