Joly Marius Michael Ball took to the stage to perform 'You'll Never Walk Alone' at the 2020 Royal Variety Show.. : He has never had singing lessons, but as a boy he learned to sing by singing along to music: for example, songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, and Frank Sinatra. Joly Javert Enjolras : Michael Ashley Ball, OBE is an English actor, singer and radio broadcaster. A ghost, you say? One more day before the storm. Male Tomorrow is the judgment day. Michael Ball has revisited Les Miserables for his new album, which is a collection of his favourite tracks including his take on the song written for Hugh Jackman in the film version. They met in 1989 when Cathy was an entertainment reporter for the BBC, and she interviewed him during rehearsals for the musical Aspects of Love.. Catch 'em as they fall. EMPTY CHAIRS AT EMPTY TABLES (Les Misérables) - Michael Ball Marius Marius : , As our ranks begin to form. - Michael Ball quotes from BrainyQuote.com "When I was playing Marius in the inaugural production of 'Les Mis,' I contracted glandular fever which developed into a post-viral depression. : Les MiserablesHairspraySweeney Todd Grantaire Feuilly : Enjolras : Michael Ball Celebrates Anthony Newley: Host & Performer Hackney Empire, London 31 August 2006 BBC Radio 2 broadcast 2006 Les Misérables - 21st Anniversary Celebration: Original Cast - Marius Pontmercy: Queen's Theatre, London 7 October 2006 2007 Prom 58: An Evening with Michael Ball: Principal performer Royal Albert Hall, London 28 August 2007 , Courfeyrac Do I follow where she goes? They will wet themselves with blood! : But seriously, this show is in my DNA from playing Marius when it first launched back in 1985. Marius : Jan 1, 2020 - Loved him as Marius in Les Miserables 10th anniversary special!. Enjolras SINGER Michael Ball has spoken of his secret sadness - he can never know the joys of being a father following a tragic accident when he was a teenager. Michael Ball seems to have it all - the finest show voice of his generation, charm, ... he had originated only one role in the West End: that of Marius in Les Misérables, back in 1985. Character He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius in the original London production of Les Miserables, and went on star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. Marius Marius Enjolras : Michael Ashley Ball is a British actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter. And I swear, I will be true. Courfeyrac Combeferre Michael Ashley Ball is a British actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter. As a student he went busking on Saturdays in Guildford town with a female student friend to earn a little extra money. : Technical Specs. , , Ball's maternal grandfather was a coal miner. Marius , The color of despair! Do I stay, and do I dare? Eponine Enjolras : When did Michael represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest? , Red... Marius Cosette Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in Heaven has in store. : I feel my soul on fire! Do I stay, and do I care? , Cosette : A live performer, actor, musical theatre star, recording artist, broadcaster – he tackles every challenge thrown at him with determination and enthusiasm. Michael Ball, Actor: Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary. We will nip it in the bud. , Combeferre Thenardier But he never saw me there. : Feuilly : : Red... Marius A ghost, maybe. : Later the same year he was a guest star at Clark’s Concert, also broadcast by the BBC. : : Birthdate One more dawn, one more day, one day more! The legendary singer first found fans as romantic lead Marius in Les Miserables back in the 1980s, and Ball is now playing baddie Javert in a new concert staged version, which opened at London's Gielgud Theatre last night (August 21). They have lived together since 1992. Lesgles Les Misérables: The Staged Concert. He is best known from his role of Marius Pontmercy in the Original London Cast, 10th Anniversary Concert Cast and International Cast, Jean Valjean in the 2004 Windsor Castle Concert and Javert in the 2019 Gielgud Theatre All Star Concert. : Will you take your place with me? Another day, another destiny, this never-ending road to Calvary. [everyone sings their previous verses simultaneously]. He sang three tracks […] He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius in the original London production of Les Misérables, and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom Of The Opera. Courfeyrac : Composer Claude-Michel Schönberg, who made an appearance on stage after the show, mused whether Michael could still reach Marius’ high notes. When our ranks begin to form... Marius : , Michael Ball: Marius. Michael lives with his partner Cathy McGowan, 75, the former presenter of Ready Steady Go!.. : Ball has a sister, Katherine, almost a decade his junior. My place is here. What a life I might have known. ...at the barricades of freedom! Michael Ball wowed theatre-goers in London last night, as he made a return to the musical that started his career 35 years ago. | I'll fight with you! Apr 9, 2020 - Explore Debra Lambert's board "Michael Ball" on Pinterest. Cosette : | Official Sites Eponine : Company Credits Marius 27 June 1962 : His maternal grandmother, having a musical ear, was proud of Ball's early singing achievements; she died suddenly, however, of a heart attack about one week before his debut in The Pirates of Penzance. Marius in 'Les Miserables' Raoul in 'Phantom of the Opera' Alex in 'Aspects of Love' Caractacus Potts in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' NEXT> 4. Enjolras : He is best known from his role of Marius Pontmercy in the Original London Cast, 10th Anniversary Concert Cast and International Cast, Jean Valjean in the 2004 Windsor Castle Concert and Javert in the 2019 Gielgud Theatre All Star Concert. , https://lesmiserables.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Ball?oldid=29588. . : Jean Valjean , , One day to a new beginning, raise the flag of freedom high. The 37-year-old star of the hit musicals Les Miserables and Aspects Of Love suffered appalling injuries … Joly , One day more. . Michael Ball, OBE is an English actor, singer and broadcaster, who is known for his work in musical theatre. Enjolras Who is Michael Ball’s partner, Cathy McGowan? Every man will be a king, every man will be a king. : , One day more. His voice type is high baritone. There's a grief that can't be spoken, there's a pain goes on and on. | I was 23 and I couldn't see any light at the end of the tunnel." : One more day before the storm... Marius Marius Grantaire : See more ideas about Les miserables, Michael, Ball. Release Dates : Memorable Works ... 'The Michael Ball Show' 'Michael Ball Live' 'Michael Ball' 'Michael Ball and Friends' Black... Marius A regular face on the British stage and television, performer Michael Ball was born in 1962 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, U.K. Moving to South West England when he was three years old, Ball grew up learning to sing along to records by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. These men who seem to know my crime will surely come a second time. , Grantaire Ensemble He moved to Dartmoor with his parents when he was three years old. Eponine One day more! One more day all on my own. Red: the world about to dawn... Black: the night that ends at last! Ensemble The time is now, the day is here! There's a new world for the winning, there's a new world to be won. One more day of him not caring. : Do I join my brothers there? There's a grief that can't be spoken, there's a pain goes on and on. : Enjolras Michael Ball Ball was interested in the theatre and his father took him to see shows in the school holidays, including a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre of King Lear, which impressed him as a youngster of about 14 years old. Ball went on to note that Les Mis’s return to the London stage coincides with the 35th anniversary of the show’s West End debut, in which he originated the role of student revolutionary Marius. Do you hear the people sing? I will join these little schoolboys. : Marius PontmercyJean ValjeanInspector Javert Michael Ashley Ball, OBE (born 27 June 1962) is an English actor, singer and broadcaster. Lesgles He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of Les Misérables, and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. A performance from Les Miserables, with Ball reprising his star-making role as Marius, is another easy win. , . : , , I did not live until today. Michael Ball has enjoyed a very successful and varied career over the last 20 years, both in the West End and on the Concert Stage, working with some of the 20th century's most prolific musical theatre composers. : Here, a little dip. : , Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Grantaire Thenardier Showing all 7 items Jump to: Quotes (7) Quotes . Michael Ball returns in the darker role of Javert, after originally starring as Marius Pontmercy opposite Patti LuPone as Fantine, in the 1985 world premiere of Les Misérables at the Barbican.. Tomorrow, you'll be worlds away, and yet with you, my world has started. How can I live when we are parted? Never know your luck when there's a free-for-all. Watch 'em run amok. Cosette Jean Valjean Marius He graduated in 1984. 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