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Synopsis

Lovers come together, break apart, exchange partners, and return to each other in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love. Adapted from David Garnett’s novella, the musical follows a group of friends and family and their fluctuating romantic entanglements: Alex Dillingham, a young Englishman who falls in love at first sight with Rose Vibert, a magnetic actress; his uncle, George, with whom Rose falls in love and chooses over Alex; George’s on-again off-again mistress, Giulietta; and George and Rose’s teenage daughter, Jenny, who falls in love for the first time with her much-older cousin, Alex. Aspects of Love features some of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most beloved classics, including ”Love Changes Everything” and “Anything But Lonely.” It is a sweeping, ambitious tale of the heights and follies of the heart.

Show Information

Based on the Play/Book/Film
"Aspects of Love" by David Garnett
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
1989
Genres
Drama, Romance
Settings
Period, Multiple Settings
Time & Place
Paris and Pau, France, and Venice, Italy, 1947-1964
Cast Size
medium
Orchestra Size
Large
Dancing
Musical Staging
Ideal For
College/University, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, Star Vehicle Female, Star Vehicle Male, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult, Early Teen, Late Teen, Elderly Characters, Medium Cast

Context


Plot


Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Alex Dillingham

Lead

Male

Tenor

Rose Vibert

Lead

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

George Dillingham

Lead

Male

Baritone

Giulietta Trapani

Supporting

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Marcel Richard

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Jenny Dillingham

Supporting

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Elizabeth

Featured

Female

Soprano

Hugo LeMeunier

Featured

Male

Ensemble

Ensemble

Either Gender

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass

Songs

ACT ONE

  • Love Changes Everything - Alex
  • A Small Theatre in Montphile - Rose, Marcel, Actress and Alex
  • Parlez-vous Français? - Crooner, Alex, Rose, Marcel, Waiter and Actors
  • The Railway Station - Alex and Rose
  • Seeing is Believing - Alex and Rose
  • The House in Pau - Alex and Rose
  • An Art Exhibition in Paris - George and Giulietta
  • A Memory of a Happy Moment - Giulietta and George
  • In Many Rooms in the House at Pau - Rose and Alex
  • On the Terrace - George, Alex and Rose
  • Outside the Bedroom - Rose and Alex
  • Chanson d’Enfance - Rose and Alex
  • At the House at Pau - Rose and Alex
  • Everybody Loves a Hero - Harkers and Ensemble
  • George’s Flat in Paris - Elizabeth, Alex and Rose
  • First Orchestral Interlude - Alex, Elizabeth, Rose and George
  • She’d Be Far Better Off with You - George and Alex
  • Second Orchestral Interlude - Orchestra
  • Stop. Wait. Please. - George, Giulietta and Rose
  • A Registry Office - Priest, Friends, George, Rose and Giulietta
  • A Military Camp in Malaysia - Alex

ACT TWO

  • A Theatre in Paris - Marcel, Rose, Actress and Hugo
  • Leading Lady - Marcel, Rose, Alex and Hugo
  • At the Stage Door - Rose and Alex
  • George’s House at Pau - Jenny and George
  • Other Pleasures - George, Jenny, Rose and Alex
  • A Cafe in Venice - Giulietta
  • There is More to Love - Giulietta
  • The Garden at Pau - George, Jenny, Rose and Alex
  • Mermaid Song - Jenny, Alex and George
  • The Countryside Around the House - Orchestra
  • The Garden at Pau (Version 2) - Jenny, Alex and Rose
  • On the Terrace (Version Two) - George, Hugo, Alex, Rose and Jenny
  • The First Man You Remember - George, Jenny and Alex
  • The Vineyard at Pau - George, Rose, Alex, Jenny, Hugo and Workmen
  • Up in the Pyrenees (Chanson D’Enfance (Reprise) / “Love Changes Everything (Reprise)) - Jenny and Alex
  • George’s Study at Pau - George and Rose
  • Journey of a Lifetime - Chanteuse, George, Rose, Alex, Jenny and Ensemble
  • Falling - Alex, Jenny, Rose and George
  • Jenny’s Bedroom in Paris - Alex, Jenny, George, Rose and Hugo
  • Hand Me the Wine and the Dice - Giulietta, Alex, Jenny, Hugo, Marcel and Ensemble
  • A Hay Loft - Giulietta and Alex
  • On the Terrace (Version 3) - Alex, Jenny and Rose
  • Anything But Lonely - Rose
  • It Won’t Be Long till Jenny’s a Woman - Giulietta and Alex

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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Key Terms

    A genre of literature, film, and theatre that focuses on the emotional and/or moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood.

    A feeling or action that is not returned or reciprocated, such as love.

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