Tonight, my dear friend, Erica, who is a columnist for Philly.com took me with her press passes to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Aspects Of Love". It's one of the few shows I didn't know much about. I did know some of the music, but had no idea what the premise was, so I thought it would be fun to be surprised. Boy was I EVER! This is officially my new favorite Webber show! It was also, single-handedly, the sexiest show I've ever seen! We both left the Theatre with crushes on the entire cast. It has everything... sex, three ways, lesbianism, incest, under age sex and drinking, and all set to the backdrop of 1940's Paris. Who could ask for anything more? The music, of course, was lovely and my jaw literally dropped several times! The writing was quite clever and very adult. I'm a hard one to shock, but this show really got me and I'd love to see it again! It's running until October 23rd. Absolutely one of the best times I've had recently in the theatre along with "Meat Man", which is premiering (as a movie) on Saturday, September 18th! Here's Erica's blurb about the show. She put it much better than I could, so I decided to snag hers ;)
Take two young people, add a backdrop of France, and throw in love for good measure, and you may have the perfect cocktail for a standard romantic musical. Aspects of Love, playing at the Walnut Street Theatre through October 23, begins with just such an unassuming premise.
But as fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber know, the award-winning composer of Evita, Phantom of the Opera, and Sunset Boulevard best unleashes his musical torrents in atmospheres of dark passion and forbidden desire. Aspects of Love, which originally opened in 1989, coquettishly lures modern audiences into strange and unheard of geometries of lust. Try not to get dizzy as the love triangle between aspiring actress Rose Vibert, young soldier Alex Dillingham, and his uncle George rapidly expands into a love hexagon.
Through the skillful direction of Bruce Lumpkin, the Walnut Street Theatre production of Aspects of Love gives poignancy back to the well-worn adage of “wine, women, and song.” The only con to seeing this musical? Like any good magic spell, you just might find yourself falling for the first person you see once you leave the theater.
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Erica J. Minutella
Philadelphia Freelance Writer and Editor
Writing Portfolio
ejminutella@gmail.com
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