#aspects of love

[determinedowl23]

happy birthday to the most guy ever Michael Ball!!!!!

[lucygold95]

Happy Birthday, Andrew! And Happy 50 Musical Years!

https://twitter.com/OfficialALW/status/1638496738146148353?t=LWNE4vLXTu4VKaRj2ugL3g&s=19

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

Second West End Phantom Dave Willets will be returning to an Andrew Lloyd Webber production. He will be Michael Ball's alternate in the revival of Aspects of Love which premieres in London tonight.

[thesarahfiles]

On March 31, 1990, Sarah attended the preview performance of "Aspects Of Love" at the Broadhurst Theater in New York City.

[maraschinocheri]

Aspects of Love production photography, featuring Danielle de Niese (Giulietta), Laura Pitt-Pulford (Rose), Michael Ball (George), and the company. [ x | x ]

[marybeatriceofmodena]

sarah brightman cant act tho

Yes she can please get out only sexy people are allowed here

[overthinkingbelle]

Michael Ball appreciation post

Theatre Roles:

1984 Godspell (John the Baptist/Judas Iscariot) Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales [14 July 1984 – 25 August 1984]

1985 The Pirates of Penzance (Frederick, the Pirate Apprentice) Manchester Opera House [Summer Season 1985]

Les Misérables (Marius Pontmercy) Barbican Arts Centre, London [8 October 1985 – December 1985], Palace Theatre, London [4 December 1985 – October 1986]

1987 The Phantom of the Opera (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny) Her Majesty's Theatre, London [12 October 1987 – 10 October 1988]

1989 Aspects of Love (Alex Dillingham) Prince of Wales Theatre, London [17 April 1989 – January 1990]

1990 Aspects of Love (Alex Dillingham) Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway [8 April 1990 – 29 September 1990]

1995 Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert (Marius Pontmercy) Royal Albert Hall

1996Passion (Georgio Barchetti) Theatre Royal, Plymouth [17 February 1996 – 24 February 1996], Palace Theatre, Manchester [27 February 1996 – 2 March 1996], Theatre Royal, Nottingham [4 March 1996 – 9 March 1996], Queen's Theatre, London [13 March 1996 – 28 September 1996]

2001 Alone Together – One man show (The Performer) Donmar Warehouse, London [17 September 2001 – 29 September 2001]

2002 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Caractacus Potts) London Palladium, London [19 March 2002 – 19 July 2003]

2004 Alone Together – One man show (The Performer) Theatre Royal Haymarket, London [27 September 2004 – 9 October 2004]

2005 The Woman in White (Count Fosco) Palace Theatre, London [10 February 2005 – 30 April 2005]

Patience (Reginald Bunthorne) New York City Opera, New York City [10 September 2005 – 5 October 2005]

The Woman in White (Count Fosco) Marquis Theatre, Broadway [28 October 2005 – 19 February 2006]

2007Kismet (Haji / The Poet) London Coliseum ENO, London [25 June 2007 – 14 July 2007]

Hairspray (Edna Turnblad) Shaftesbury Theatre, London [11 October 2007 – 25 July 2009]

2010 Hairspray – UK Tour (Edna Turnblad) Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff [30 March 2010 – 24 April 2010], Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow [28 April 2010 – 8 May 2010], Mayflower Theatre, Southampton [11 May 2010 – 29 May 2010], Manchester Opera House [13 July 2010 – 31 July 2010], Grand Canal Theatre, Dublin [16 November 2010 – 27 November 2010], Edinburgh Playhouse [14 December 2010 – 9 January 2011], New Wimbledon Theatre, London [15 March 2011 – 26 March 2011], Bristol Hippodrome [12 April 2011 – 30 April 2011]

2011 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Sweeney Todd) Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex [24 September 2011 – 5 November 2011], 2012 Adelphi Theatre, London [10 March 2012 – 22 September 2012]

2015 Mack and Mabel (Mack Sennett) Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex [13 July 2015 – 5 September 2015]

Mack and Mabel – UK Tour Theatre Royal, Plymouth 1 [October 2015 – 10 October 2015], Manchester Opera House [12 October 2015 – 24 October 2015], Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin [27 October 2015 – 7 November 2015], Edinburgh Playhouse [10 November 2015 – 21 November 2015] Theatre Royal, Nottingham [23 November 2015 – 28 November 2015], Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff [1 December 2015 – 6 December 2015]

2019 Les Misérables – The All-Star Staged Concert(Inspector Javert) Gielgud Theatre, London [10 August 2019 – 30 November 2019], 2020 Sondheim Theatre, London [5 December 2020 – 16 December 2020]

2021 Hairspray (Edna Turnblad) London Coliseum, London [22 June 2021 – 29 September 2021]

Upcoming role: 2023 Aspects of Love (George Dillingham) Lyric Theater [12 May 2023-11 November 2023]

Albums

Michael Ball (1992)

Always (1993)

One Careful Owner (1994)

First Love (1995)

The Musicals (1996)

The Movies (1998)

The Very Best of Michael Ball – In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (1999)

Christmas (1999 & 2000)

This Time... It's Personal (2000)

Centre Stage (2001)

A Love Story (2003)

Love Changes Everything – The Essential Michael Ball (2004)

Music (2005)

One Voice (2006)

Back to Bacharach (2007)

Past and Present: The Very Best of Michael Ball (2009)

Heroes (2011)

Both Sides Now (2013)

If Everyone Was Listening (2014)

Together with Alfie Boe (2016)

Together Again with Alfie Boe (2017)

Coming Home to You (2019)

Back Together with Alfie Boe (2019)

Together at Christmas with Alfie Boe (2020)

We Are More Than One (2021)

Together in Vegas with Alfie Boe (2022)

Concert Tours:

- 1992: first UK tour

- 1993: UK tour

- 1993: Christmas tour

- 1994: UK tour

- 1996: "Show Me" UK tour (filmed for VHS and DVD - "The Musical & More")

- 1997: UK tour

- 1999: UK tour (filmed: "Live at the Royal Albert Hall")

- 2000: Uk tour (filmed: This time... it's Personal)

- 2001: Christmas tour UK

- 2003: UK tour (filmed: "Live in London")

- 2004: Australia tour

- 2004: Salt Lake City (USA) concerts

- 2005: UK "Music" tour

- 2007: Uk "One Voice" tour (filmed for "One Voice - One Special Night")

- 2009: UK 25th anniversary tour (filmed for "Past and Present")

- 2011: UK tour (filmed for "Heroes")

- 2013: UK tour (filmed for "Both Sides Now")

- 2015: UK tour - If Everyone Was Listening

- 2016: Together tour with Alfie

- 2017: Together shows in NYC and Australia

- 2017: Together Again UK tour (filmed for livestream)

- 2018: Together Again shows in Japan

- 2019: UK tour "Coming Home to You"

- 2020: Back Together UK tour (finished JUST before lockdowns happened - also released on dvd)

- 2021: Ball and Boe Chhristmas tour

TV Shows/Guest appearances/acting roles

1985 Coronation Street (Malcolm Nuttall)

1993–1995 Michael Ball (Presenter)

1998 Ball in the Hall (Presenter)

2004–2005, 2007, 2018This Morning (Guest presenter)

2006–2007, 2009 The National Lottery Draws (Presenter, Wednesday night draws)

2007Soapstar Superstar (Judge, Series 2)

2010 The Michael Ball Show (Presenter 30 episodes)

2010–2011 Lorraine (Guest presenter, 6 episodes)

2013, 2016, 2021?, 2022?—The One Show (Guest presenter ??? episodes)

2013 Andrew Lloyd Webber: 40 Musical Years (Presenter, One-off special)

The Paul O'Grady Show (Stand-in presenter, 1 episode)

2014 That Day We Sang (Tubby (Jimmy))

2016 Josh (Paul)

2016 Ball & Boe: One Night Only (Himself With Alfie Boe)

2017Our Friend Victoria (Presenter & guest)

Ball & Boe Back Together (Himself With Alfie Boe)

2021 Michael Ball's Wonderful Wales (Presenter, Four-part series)

Radio

Regular Shows

2008-2011 Sunday Brunch with Michael Ball

2013-2016 Sunday Night with Michael Ball

2016-present Michael Ball Show

*???-2016 Stand-in presenter for Ken Bruce

Specials

Ball Over Broadway

The Greenroom

The Look of Love (Burt Bacharach special) 2004

Books

The Empire (October 2022)

The Empire Part 2 (*October 2023)

Different Aspects (October 2023)

Source: Wikipedia, @thefleetstreetvicomte for Concerts section

[thatwasntlikeridingabikeuasshole]

my obsession with Aspects of Love is actually so out of hand and literally nobody knows, likes, or cares about this musical. but its MY tumblr blog and I get to choose the posts i make so heres a list of my favorite moments in aspects of love anyway

"rose it's not the views or the vines that keep me here" just. musically

and then "when the world was a playground all train rides and laughter and love in the morning and armagnac after"

"tell me are you still shooting women" "do you dance with women of your own age?" fuck him UP GIULIETTA

actually the entirety of hand me the wine and the dice

actually everything giulietta has done ever in her life

"and now i claim my best man's rIGHT!!!"

the journey of a lifetime melody playing right before seeing is believing

every repetition of the love changes everything melody, but specifically the one at the end of other pleasures

rose showing up at giulietta's studios in venice ready to steal back her man and then being like "oh wait giulietta's amazing and im a little bit gay" in the book she outright says to george "well i think im in love with your friend" and hes like "cool"

the first man you remember. the entire thing. the very fIIIIIIIIRST

"just promise one thing" "alright what is it" "dont ask me questions you must promise first" "i cant i dont know what it is" "dONT LEEEEEEEEEAVE MEEEEEEEEEE"

and then he fuckin wALKS AWAY

god bless, i love anything but lonely and its like the only scene that you can find shitty videos of on youtube

"ya girlfriends gonna love that donkey"

"(youll be her hero)"

"and my story is oLDER than the stars"

the buildup at the beginning of journey of a lifetime

marcel being a supportive bestie

and specifically rose shooing away hugo after the funeral and then marcel showing up and her letting him stay. i think hes one of the only people she actually cares about she just doesnt know it

"come on show me a smile" ough

the absolutely unhinged yelling before alex shoots rose. "if i cant have you NO ONE WILL killing you would be a PLEASURE" "PULL THE TRIGGER SEE IF I CARE" "you never loved me you never meant it AND NOW YOU HATE ME" "GO ON SOLDIER BE A HERO"

"rose id never harm the girl" "you were once prepared to do a lot of harm to me" TELL HIM ROSE

jenny pulling out the "pas de tendresse et pas de joie loin d'ici loin de toi" at alex and hes like ???????????????

"youre a delinquent a silly schoolboy with a GUN"

shed be far better of with you makes me giggle "you don't cheat at croquet"

when i read the book my heart just jumped whenever there was an exactly quoted line or nearly exactly quoted. the first one i found was "if i'm not very nice to you it's because i have things to worry me but thanks for the flowers every night" and nearly giuliettas whole speech at the beginning of hand me the wine and the dice is a direct quote

also a memory of a happy moment is a rough translation of a french phrase they keep repeating in the book at roughly the same moments that that melody/phrase repeats in the musical. its "un souvenir leger pour toi" "a sweet memory for you"

"my darling george i love you how dramatic can you be"

this is entirely a book thing and not a musical thing. but. in the book. rose speaks very little english and while all the dialogue is written in english, its noted that usually it's actually being spoken in french. which makes sense bc yknow....shes french............but anyway during either the scene at the cafe where she meets alex or possibly on the train, it's noted during one of the sentences she says to alex that he blushed because iT WAS THE FIRST TIME SHED USED TU INSTEAD OF VOUS FOR HIM and i was like. sobbing. french grammar romance. thats so cringe i love it. "oooo im gonna flirt with you by using the informal you"

just the fact that the scene when alex comes back to see rose in her super successful show completely mirrors the start of the musical when he first meets her. "hugo be a dear and get our guest an armagnac" "are you sure you want me to accept? very well then i ACCEPT" "i must have been the only one who didnt throw you roses"

in the book the house at pau is called "les pervenches" and pervenches are periwinkle flowers!!!!

listen like. the scene where they move george to sit by the fire so they can lie to jenny about how he died is like somber and ominous in the musical, with the music matching that vibe, but in the book it just ends up (possibly accidentally) being kind of funny bc rose, alex, and hugo drag his body into their room and then are like "fuck what do we tell jenny"

"one cup of fresh coffee buys two kisses"

giulietta and george's friendship honestly

the fact that giulietta is the one person who is reasonable and not bitter about things. the fact that when george is like "me n rose are over its me n you now" shes like "lmao no its not ur in love with rose and thats cool"

and i love that she was the best man at their wedding. i think marcel was rose's maid of honor. i think marcel and giulietta would get along they have their heads screwed on right

and then i love that he had her speak at his funeral. and he was right about it. george was like "i want my funeral to be a Ragin Good Time" and giulietta was the only person who understood this assignment

right this post is so long and its gonna be over now but the point is. i love this musical and if anyone else likes it at all please talk to me lol

[centrestagereviews]

Actor of the Week: Chumisa Dornford-May

Chumisa is currently performing in the West End revival of Aspects of Love Training: Chumisa is due to graduate from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2023. She was awarded the Elaine Paige Scholarship for Excellence in Musical Theatre. Credits whilst training include: Grandma Addams (The Addams Family), Mrs Anderssen (A Little Night Music), Scotty (Merrily We Roll Along), Sarah Hollis (The…

[unwelcome-ephestion]

One of my recent theses is that Aspects of Love is a concept musical masquerading as a book show, which is why it is so misunderstood. I thought I would outline this thesis here.

First, it starts with Love Changes Everything. Its 2023 revival moves the song to the middle of Act 1 in order to have it sung by Michael Ball, which is a key error (Ball plays George in the revival, rather than Alex, who he originated in 1989). The song is here:

It’s quite literally a thesis on love, extraneous to the book - Alex’s naive thesis on love. What’s interesting is that it is only the first thesis on love we get. When we first meet George, Alex’s uncle, who lives hedonistically and flits between lovers just as Alex believes that Rose is his one true love, he sings this:

Life goes on, love goes free is George’s philosophy. Both of these moments are much more typical of a concept show than a book show, and seem indicative of Lloyd Webber (as book writer, though not lyricist) being inspired by the Prince era in the States, and in particular I would argue A Little Night Music, where songs like The Miller’s Son highlight philosophies of love to be analysed within the context of the show. What is interesting about Aspects is that neither Alex’s nor George’s philosophy remains unscathed. By the end of Act 1, George is married to Rose, and Alex reprises Love Changes Everything on the way to the army, to destroy himself in his loss of Rose. By the end of the second act, it is George who will have died, destroying himself over his possessive incestuous love of his daughter Jenny with Rose, and Alex who rejects both Rose and Jenny in order to flit like George did with his old lover, Giulietta. The final reprise of Love Changes Everything is crucial (and foolishly omitted from the 2023 revival!) as heard below:

Heard at 4:40 on the above track, we hear the final line twice: love will never never let you be the same. When Alex originally sang this, it was a naive take on the power of one true love. With all we know now, the song has totally changed its meaning - love has the power to bouleverse everything in your philosophy and turn you inside out, Alex into a hedonistic cynic and George a man who dies for love. The ability of the one song and lyric to develop like that over time is much cleverer than it is given credit for and one of the reasons I think it works much better in context.

Although Aspects has a quintet of lovers, the final one who experiences that true bouleversal is Rose. Rose does not outline a thesis in the same way, but she scorns Alex early in the show, telling him that if he can do one thing it is “just leave me”. Later, close to the end of Act 1, she begins to show her inability to be vulnerable when she tells George that he must promise to answer whatever she asks him with yes, and ends up marrying him. Both of these lyrical and musical motifs are repeated in the culmination of Anything But Lonely, where (from 2:44) we hear:

Rose: Just promise one thing.

Alex: Alright, what is it?

Rose: Don’t ask me questions; you must promise this.

Alex: I can’t; I must know what it is.

Rose: Don’t leave me!

Whilst Rose doesn’t have the same thesis outlined, she is proof of the same fact that love changes everything. And whilst I have criticised song placement in the 2023 production, and would also argue that it tries to sideline the more uncomfortable aspects of the show (incest and age gaps) that are actually vital to its plot, it is still up there with Oklahoma! as one of the most interesting shows currently playing in the West End and definitely requires a visit before it closes next month. Aspects of Love as a title lays out exactly what this show is - a conceptual analysis - and the show has been much maligned, I think, by being misunderstood as a traditional book musical.

[lucygold95]

BBC Two will air Andrew Lloyd Webber Birthday Special.

Lloyd Webber celebrates his 75th birthday on 22 March, 2023.

[mthguy]

Performance of “Love Changes Everything” from Aspects of Love at the Royal Albert Hall Concert Celebrating Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 50th Birthday. 

Michael Ball is joined Antonio Banderas, Sarah Brightman, Glenn Close, Julian Lloyd Webber, Marcus Lovett, Donny Osmond, Elaine Paige, Bonnie Tyler, Dennis O’Neill and Boyzone (Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, and Shane Lynch).

[thesarahfiles]

Happy Birthday, Andrew Lloyd Webber! 🎉