The Broadway musical "Aspects of Love" was nominated for six TONY awards and five Drama Desk awards. It won the Theater World Award in 1990. That award went to Kathleen Rowe McAllen. It was nominated for the TONY award for best musical, best score, best book, best featured actress, best featured actor and best direction. It lost all six TONY awards.
The original Broadway production of "Aspects of Love" opened at the Broadhurst Theater in New York on April 8, 1990 and ran for 377 performances. The musical that this filmed production is based on won the 1990 Tony Awards (New York City) for the Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.