Jennifer Lopez: All I Have

Jennifer Lopez: All I Have is the first residency show by American entertainer Jennifer Lopez. Performed at The AXIS auditorium located in the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, the residency show began on January 20, 2016.^[1][2][3]

Background and development

It was first reported that Lopez had been offered a Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood in October 2014, in a deal which was said to be worth $350,000 per night.^[4] The residency was officially confirmed in May 2015. "The show is going to be a multifaceted, high-energy 'Jenny from the Block' party, mixing all aspects of what my fans and I love," Lopez stated.^[5] She announced on September 19, 2015, during her performance at the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2015 that her 2016 residency show was named "All I Have" while a promotional poster was being displayed on the stage's backdrop.^[6][7] She is reportedly working on new music to perform at her residency.^[8]

Set list

The following set list is representative of the show on January 20, 2016. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the show.^[9]

Critical response

Eve Barlow of The Guardian gave the show 5/5 stars and commended it as "two hours of high-octane entertainment", writing: "Tonight, Lopez promised to give us all she had. Via a catalogue spanning many genres, flavours and dance moves, she delivered a heck of a party. To borrow from her 2001 smash hit Play: that’s the hotness right there."^[10] Billboard rated the residency's opening night 4.5/5 stars, with Katie Atkinson stating, "It's not surprising that Lopez was tailor-made for Vegas."^[11] Writing for Time magazine, Nolan Feeney praised the show as "a spectacle as lively and extravagant as the city itself" while also noting, "the latest in a slew of pop stars to set up shop in Vegas, she brings a showmanship that’s hard to top". Feeney particularly favored the Latin music set, stating that it was "the most electrifying part" of the residency.^[12] Gerrick D. Kennedy of the Los Angeles Times dubbed Lopez "Queen of the Strip" and observed that "the production aims, and greatly succeeds, at setting a new gold standard for Vegas popstar showcases", while also commenting on Lopez's showmanship and sex appeal.^[13]

MTV News' Molly Lambert called the residency "a quintessentially Las Vegas show", writing: "This sort of robust entertainment is what we expect from Vegas: A glamorous star who can act, dance, and sing is really a nostalgic throwback — an old-fashioned kind of star-as-star — someone superior to mere human beings." Lambert added: "As for the singing? Well, a lot of it sounds live, although there are clearly backing tracks to help out."^[14] USA Today writer Jaleesa M. Jones described it as "a transcendent experience that harked back to the early 00's (when she was still rocking track suits and gelled-down baby hairs) while celebrating the best of the present (all bejeweled everything)."^[15] Mike Weatherford of the Las Vegas Review-Journal commented that "the showcase is far easier on the eyes than the ears. It’s more like a production show with a centerpiece."^[16] Rolling Stone writer Stephen L. Betts described Lopez's rendition of "I Hope You Dance" by country singer Lee Ann Womack as one of the show's highlights, calling it "emotional".^[17]

Commercial reception

Tickets for the residency show were available for sale to the public on May 16, 2015, through Ticketmaster for all dates with ticket prices ranging from US$59-$416.

The concert, which took place on August 13, 2016, earned over $1 million in revenue, becoming Planet Hollywood's highest-grossing show to date,^[18][19] breaking the previous box office record for a single show, previously set by Britney: Piece of Me.^[20] It was the most successful Las Vegas residency of 2016, grossing $34.6 million.^[21]

Shows

References

External links

• Official website