Operation Mincemeat National Tour
Noah Berry has previously toured the US with productions of Spamalot and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.
He's currently an off-stage cover for Charles and Hester in the national tour of Operation Mincemeat.
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The Operation Mincemeat National Tour is at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago through October 11, 2026.
More information about the tour is available on the show's website.
Information specific to the Chicago leg of the tour, including tickets, can be found on the Broadway in Chicago website.
Mike Reflects
I talked to Noah the morning before I saw the show.
While I generally try to see the show before I do interviews about it, sometimes the timing works best the other way around.
So my knowledge about the show going in was pretty much what I'd heard about the Broadway production, which was actually very little.
Having recently seen the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Catch as Catch Can, where every actor played 2 roles, I was curious what this show would look like with so many characters played by such a small cast.
While Catch as Catch Can was, sometimes, a bit confusing (I believe intentionally so), this was the exact opposite.
It was easy to tell when they were playing who, and the cast was phenomenal in how quickly they were able to change their costumes and personalities.
And the show itself was also phenomenal. It was funny, touching, and just overall a spectacle. "You'll laugh, you'll cry…" is such a trope at this point, but it's true for this show.
The only real downside was that some of the songs, especially the bigger numbers, were hard to understand. I'm not sure if that's a result of my seat location or how the show was mixed (or possibly a combination of the two), but there were some songs where I was only able to get every few words, if that.
In talking to Noah, I was also very interested in exploring the logistics of being an off-stage cover in a touring production.
I've previously spoken to Betsy Morgan at length about her time touring with different productions, as well as her more recent role as a stand-by for the Broadway production of Kimberly Akimbo, we never really discussed what it looks like to tour as an off-stage cover.
So, while this show is still fairly early in the run, and Noah hasn't yet had the opportunity to take the stage in this tour, it was interesting to go through what his prep and performance nights look like.