Good evening entertainment
by TheRings on 11/2/18San Jose Center for the Performing Arts - San JoseA nice casual evening of entertainment. Lea Michelle and Darren Criss were quite good and entertaining. I was especially surprised by how talented Darrin is. For the final song they did together, they did without microphones, just singing in natural voices to the audience in the large performance house. They introduced what they were doing but without microphones, so didn't hear much of what the explanation was as to why they were doing it. Oh well. Quite a few Glee songs were sung, which the audience appreciated. They started out singing together with a terrible rendition of "Broadway Baby" which made me doubt spending almost $85 for each ticket. The continued to sing songs together and then each did about a 40 minute segment alone, then they came back together to reunite their voices. Darren's dress style was casual/comfortable: jeans, shirt, blazer. Lea wore some outfit that was basic black pants and top. I think the decision to wear a dark color onstage was bad as it provided no visual impact. She kinda blended in with the stage. There were no costume changes for the 2 hour performance. Lea started their performance by regularly flipping through some pages on a music stand. I couldn't figure out what she was doing and it was rather distracting... along with what seemed like an over abundance of liquids and throat spray, made me wonder if she had a cold. Regardless, it was a fun, entertaining evening and worth the money after all is said and done. I'm not sure I'd see them again but was happy with checking this off my bucket list!