# Notable stage shows you've seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** theater-stage-dance\ **Created:** [September 24, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-stage-shows-youve-seen/1033330 "2026-09-24T01:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 89
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-stage-shows-youve-seen/1033330/89 "2026-09-29T03:32:46Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > But one of the best I’ve seen was the one we went to last night on Broadway, Operation Mincemeat. It’s a musical comedy based on a true story from WW II. There were only five actors, and they all played several parts, sometimes switching back and forth in seconds, right before your eyes. Three of the actors were merely amazing, two were absolutely brilliant. It was quite a funny show, with a couple of moments that made me cry buckets. > > Anyway, I didn’t see any ads for it or hear any buzz, but I recommend it very highly. I hope everyone gets a chance to see it. Take it over to [my pathetic flop of a dedicated _Mincemeat_ thread from last June expounding an emphatically different opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-musical-operation-mincemeat-like-the-original-operation-mincemeat-is/1031123). 😁 (No argument on the performer brilliance and technical virtuosity aspects, though.) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-stage-shows-youve-seen/1033330)._