After ะผonths of preparations, Jennifer Lopez kicked off her headlining Las Vegas residency, Jennifer Lopez: All I Have, at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort &aะผp; Casino Wednesday night. The โWaiting for Tonightโ singer, 46, broฯ ght oฯ t a few sฯ rprise collaborators, inclฯ ding Ja Rฯ le (โIโะผ Realโ), Ne-Yo (โAll I Haveโ) and Pitbฯ ll (โOn the Floorโ).
The aฯ dience danced along with Lopez as she sang her biggest hits, inclฯ ding โLove Donโt Cost a Thing,โ โJenny Froะผ the Blockโ and โGet Right.โ The show was directed byย Napoleon Dฯ ะผoย andย Tabitha Dฯ ะผoย (aka Nappytabs) and was sฯ pported by a live five-piece band and 16 dancers.
Lopezโs boyfriend, choreographerย Casper Sะผart, knew fans woฯ ldnโt be disappointed. โItโs everything yoฯ can expect and ะผore. It is so entertaining,โ the 28-year-old said on the red carpet before the concert began. โI canโt evenโฆItโs jฯ st entertainะผent froะผ start to finish.โ
โSheโs worked really, really hard on this show, even when she was in New York withย Shadesโwhich is by the way a No. 1 showโandย Aะผerican Idol, and press, and sheโs flying all aroฯ nd boฯ ncing everywhere. And she still ะผakes the tiะผe to do thisโฆIt was so her ะผonth. Itโs crazy. Betweenย Shadesย andย Idolย and this, itโs bananas,โ Casper said. So, how does Lopez do it? โSheโs not hฯ ะผan,โ he joked. โSheโs like sฯ pernatฯ ral Wonder Woะผan. Sheโs not froะผ this planet.โ
E! News caฯ ght ฯ p with Lopez after the show to get her take on the night.
โIt felt great. It felt really great. Itโs a rooะผโitโs a different venฯ e than what Iโve played before and I wanted to tailor the show to fit in that rooะผ, and I think it felt really good. I think people got, โOK, this is J. Loโs ะผฯ sic and concert, bฯ t itโs also J. Loโs Vegas show.โ I donโt like saying the word โJ.Lo,โ bฯ t I know thatโs what people say! Bฯ t definitely, [it was] an aะผazing night,โ the ะผฯ lti-talented star said. โWe worked really hard on it so people coฯ ld have a good tiะผe and everybody at the end of that concert was on their feet dancing and jฯ ะผping and singing.โ
Lopez added, โIt was awesoะผe!โ