I'm going to disclose that my 2 star review is generated from me rating my experience watching the show as a full dynamic (J-lo's music selection, stage visuals, the pace of the show, choreography, the venue, the merchandise..etc). I want to also disclose that I'm a casual Jennifer Lopez fan--I've just heard the songs that have made it to the radio--so I'm not a hardcore fanatic. With that being said--here is my review
J-Lo is obviously a very hard working and talented woman. It was obvious that she really takes her job seriously and she puts a ton of effort into her show. Her dancing is amazing. The stage visuals are also really cool--sometimes there is soo much going on that there is a bit of sensory overload---but this is Las Vegas--so I'm going to say that the visuals were also great. I wasn't super aware of a lot of the songs that she sang---but most were pretty good. I did feel like there was a lot of "dead" time that was occupied by "filler". J-Lo did go through a lot of outfit changes and intricate set changes take time--so there were moments that to me seemed like random filler to accommodate for these time consuming events. Also--I'd probably say that a good 15-20 minutes of the show was consumed by J-Lo trying to make dialogue with the audience--but I find that there was some disconnection there. I personally found the show to be a bit repetitive and maybe 20 minutes too long.
The reason why I have to give this show 2 stars is factoring in the cost of the tickets versus the quality of the venue the show was housed in. I got tickets to see the show with my GF. We had decent seats--towards the front of section 204--which is just slightly off of pure center--towards the front of the back section. The narrowness of the rows where the seats are is laughable at best. Every time a person needed to walk in or out of their seats--we literally had to all get up out of our seats--walk out to the major aisle to allow somebody pass--and then get re-seated. I paid nearly $600 for the 2 seats that I got---and for that kind of money--I would highly expect to have seats that have more leg room than coach tickets on an airline would have. It was beyond ridiculous. If was obvious that they put waay too many rows of seats in the venue to maximize how many people they can pack into the venue---like sardines. Because there are soo many rows of seats in this smaller venue--the problem is that the alleged "stadium" seating did absolutely nothing. If the angle of the rise between the seats is small--there needs to be space between the rows so that your view is not obstructed by the heads of the people in front of you. Well at this venue--the angle of the stadium seating is very small--and the rows are soo close together that you will almost certainly be battling for a view. Heck--I'm 6 foot 2--and my view was obstructed!! If this venue was better--and the seating not ridiculously bad--I would have given this show 4+ stars. For the price they are charging for these tickets--it's even more insulting. In conclusion--J-Lo did a great job. Bravo to her. Boo to the Planet Hollywood for not giving this show the venue it deserves.