Michael Ashley Ball is an Olivier Award winning English actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Edna Turnblad in Hairspray for which he won the 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for best actor in a musical.

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  • Michael Ashley Ball is an Olivier Award winning English actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Edna Turnblad in Hairspray for which he won the 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for best actor in a musical.
  • Michael Ashley Ball, actor y cantante británico, ganador de un Premio Oliver. Es conocido por canciones como Love Changes Everything y en el teatro ha actuado como Marius en Les Misérables, Alex en Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts en Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Raoul en The Phantom of the Opera y Edna Turnblad en Hairspray.
  • Voce inconfondibile, caratterizzata da un timbro vellutato, da insistito e particolare uso del vibrato (da taluni assai criticato), e da un' estensione non comune, che gli ha permesso di interpretare con la stessa efficacia ruoli da basso-baritono, baritono o tenore, vanta una galleria di personaggi (sostenuti sulla scena o solo in studio) di eccezionale ampiezza. Esordisce nel ruolo di Marius nella prima edizione londinese di Les Miserables (1985), interpretando il personaggio anche nel Simphonyc Recording del 1987 e nel concerto per il decimo anniversario del musical alla Royal Albert Hall. Successivamente subentra a Steve Barton come Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera di Andrew Lloyd Webber, cui segue, nel 1989, il ruolo di Alex in Aspects of Love sia a Londra che a Broadway. In questo musical, anch'esso composto da Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Ball interpreta la canzone Love Changes Everything, che raggiunge la seconda posizione nelle classifiche di vendita nel Regno Unito. All'Eurofestival 1992, arriva secondo con One Step Out Of Time. Ruoli successivi nel West End sono Giorgio in Passion di Stephen Sondheim, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang e il conte Fosco in The Woman in White nel 2005, subentrando a Michael Crawford con soli dieci giorni di preavviso, interpretando poi il personaggio anche a Broadway. Nel 2004 affianca Petula Clark in una produzione irlandese di Sunset Boulevard. Oltre a lavorare in teatro, Michael Ball ha realizzato diverse incisioni discografiche, ha lavorato alla radio e in televisione e ha realizzato numerosi concerti sia nel Regno Unito che all'estero. Dall'ottobre 2007 Michael Ball interpreta il ruolo di Edna Turnblad nel musical Hairspray in scena allo Shaftesbury Theatre di Londra.
  • Michael Ashley Ball is een Britse zanger en acteur, bekend om zijn musicalrollen. Hij studeerde drama aan de toneelschool. Hij speelde musicalrollen in Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera en nog vele andere musicals. Vanaf oktober 2007 speelt hij de rol van Edna Trunblad in Hairspray. Met Love Changes Everything van de musical Aspects of love haalde hij de top van de Britse hitparade. Met singles haalde hij maar kleine successen, maar zijn albums behaalden al snel een gouden status. Hij vertegenwoordigde het Verenigd Koninkrijk op het Eurovisiesongfestival 1992 met het lied One step out of time waarmee hij knap 2de eindigde. Verder presenteerde hij verschillende programma's op zowel radio als televisie. In 2005 maakte hij zijn musicaldebuut op Broadway.
  • Michael Ashley Ball, actor e cantor britânico, vencedor de um Prémio Oliver. É conhecido por canções como Love Changes Everything e no teatro atuou como Marius em Les Misérables, Alex em Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts em Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Raoul em The Phantom of the Opera e Edna Turnblad em Hairspray. Representou o Reino Unido no Festival Eurovisão da Canção 1992, com a canção "One Step Out of time" que terminou em segundo lugar, com 139 pontos.
  • Michael Ball, född 27 juni 1062, är en musikalartist från Storbritannien. Han slog igenom 1983 i musikalen Les Miserables. Har sedan gjort sig mest känd genom att spela med i flera av Andrew Lloyd Webbers musikaler, såsom Fantomen på operan, Aspects of Love och Sunset Boulevard. År 2008 vann han Olivier Award för sin roll i musikalen Hairspray. Han representerade Storbritannien i Eurovision Song Contest 1992, där han kom på andra plats.
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  • Michael Ashley Ball is an Olivier Award winning English actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Edna Turnblad in Hairspray for which he won the 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for best actor in a musical.
  • Michael Ashley Ball, actor y cantante británico, ganador de un Premio Oliver. Es conocido por canciones como Love Changes Everything y en el teatro ha actuado como Marius en Les Misérables, Alex en Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts en Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Raoul en The Phantom of the Opera y Edna Turnblad en Hairspray.
  • Voce inconfondibile, caratterizzata da un timbro vellutato, da insistito e particolare uso del vibrato (da taluni assai criticato), e da un' estensione non comune, che gli ha permesso di interpretare con la stessa efficacia ruoli da basso-baritono, baritono o tenore, vanta una galleria di personaggi (sostenuti sulla scena o solo in studio) di eccezionale ampiezza.
  • Michael Ashley Ball is een Britse zanger en acteur, bekend om zijn musicalrollen. Hij studeerde drama aan de toneelschool. Hij speelde musicalrollen in Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera en nog vele andere musicals. Vanaf oktober 2007 speelt hij de rol van Edna Trunblad in Hairspray. Met Love Changes Everything van de musical Aspects of love haalde hij de top van de Britse hitparade. Met singles haalde hij maar kleine successen, maar zijn albums behaalden al snel een gouden status.
  • Michael Ashley Ball, actor e cantor britânico, vencedor de um Prémio Oliver. É conhecido por canções como Love Changes Everything e no teatro atuou como Marius em Les Misérables, Alex em Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts em Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Raoul em The Phantom of the Opera e Edna Turnblad em Hairspray. Representou o Reino Unido no Festival Eurovisão da Canção 1992, com a canção "One Step Out of time" que terminou em segundo lugar, com 139 pontos.
  • Michael Ball, född 27 juni 1062, är en musikalartist från Storbritannien. Han slog igenom 1983 i musikalen Les Miserables. Har sedan gjort sig mest känd genom att spela med i flera av Andrew Lloyd Webbers musikaler, såsom Fantomen på operan, Aspects of Love och Sunset Boulevard. År 2008 vann han Olivier Award för sin roll i musikalen Hairspray. Han representerade Storbritannien i Eurovision Song Contest 1992, där han kom på andra plats.
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