The same show 34 years on: PATRICK MARMION reviews Aspects of Love
PATRICK MARMION: Michael Ball's character laments drooping jowls and a midriff in need of a buttress. Aspects of Love is a show that grapples with a mid-life crisis all of its own.
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PATRICK MARMION: Michael Ball's character laments drooping jowls and a midriff in need of a buttress. Aspects of Love is a show that grapples with a mid-life crisis all of its own.
The dislikeable characters and preposterous plot, despite the stylish staging, make this revival hard to love
Michael Ball returns to sing Love Changes Everything, this time as the uncle, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of romantic entanglements
Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1989 musical resurfaces, its luscious score and its curious logic jointly intact
The first major revival of the 1989 musical flounders in an unconvincing staging starring Michael Ball.