FIRST OFF . . .

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the British creator of “Cats,” “Phantom of the Opera” and “Evita,” has another musical opening in London on April 12. And guess what? It’s going to be another smash hit. “Aspects of Love” already has sold $3.7-million worth of tickets for its West End run--more than the musical is costing to produce and even more than “Phantom” sold in a comparable period. The huge demand for tickets has resulted in sellouts for the first three months of the show’s run. Lloyd Webber announced the sales figures at a London news conference Tuesday. Michael Ball, who worked with Lloyd Webber in the London productions of both “Phantom of the Opera” and “Les Miserables,” has been picked for the male lead in “Aspects” from more than 100 applicants on both sides of the Atlantic. His female co-star has not been chosen, but Lloyd Webber promised it will not be his wife, Sarah Brightman, who starred in “Phantom.”