#michael heller

All my fankids so far! I included voiceclaims so you know what they sound like 😁 the parentage is as follows:

MatthewxRocky=Cormac

JamesonxRocky=Barney

MatthewxMordecai=Michael

Give this boy some strong medicine and nutritious meal. He's gonna faint under von Krolock's seduction.

Oo there's a few! Honestly, for how much I love this musical, I have no watched many versions. With Elisabeth I'm much more familiar with different cast members throughout the productions, but with Tanz I know more about Krolock than any other character. I should really fix that.

I have a soft spot for Anton Zetterholm because he's the first Alfred I ever watched, so nostalgia I suppose. Anton has a great voice, and he's quite a sweet Alfred.

Aris Sas! The OG Alfred! He's just so pretty, so so pretty, and cute, and adorable wait those all mean the same thing uh... I'd probably say Aris is my favourite if I had to pick just one?

Again I love the Berlin 2011-2013 cast so I also really like Michael Heller and Dennis Jankowiak (understudy).

Yes hello this video made me rediscover my love for Michael’s Alfred and I need to share it with the world so here we go...!

Honestly, I don’t think this guy gets enough credit for being one of the most genuinely funny Alfreds I think there’s ever been, and he expresses every. single. word. of the script and score. You can see Alfred’s thought process literally written across his face. If Sergey Denisov is the world’s most thoughtful, internal Alfred, Michael has to be the world’s most emotive, external. 

Even lines as simple as “dann klingt aus dir Musik” are given a little reaction; he hesitates, as though taken aback by what he’s just read (...understandably), frowns in confusion, leans away from the book and squints at the text...then keeps reading. It’s such a tiny moment. And the line “mehr als tausend worte”; he stares into space with a dreamy smile, and then does this tiny bashful laugh which I guarantee is the cutest darn thing you will see all day:

LOOK HOW HAPPY THIS BOY IS WITH HIS BOOK OF DAFT POETRY UGH

Then we have Herbert’s entrance. What I love about Michael’s Alfred is that, unlike a lot of Alfreds, he doesn’t spend the entirety of Wenn Liebe staring into space with One (1) Expression, whilst Herbert does all the work. Michael’s Alfred manages to up the comedy 1000% by reacting to everything Herbert does, e.g. this amazing scrunched-up one-eyed squint when Herbert passes a hand across his forehead, or letting out this ridiculous dramatic gasp when his hand is kissed, or when he realises Herbert’s snuck up behind him, and the audience genuinely BURSTS out laughing at his expression of horror:

Poor Herbert was given a slightly strange make-up job for this particular run, but that’s a topic for a whole other post...

Like, you love him because he’s adorable and emotive, but he’s also just so much fun to watch. Even at the very end of Wenn Liebe, when the Professor is having a go at him, he starts shaking his head and babbling a defence, but he’s also trying to balance this GIANT bag with one arm and not drop it, and it’s just funny. He is so funny. And sweet. And expressive. And lovely.