“The production is full of holes, basically from start to finish. Yet, by far the most troubling is that [Ariana] Grande basically hides from the audience all night… Combine the poor lighting with Ariana’s amazing lack of stage presence — something that has plagued her for years — and you’ve got the recipe for a real mess.”
— Jim Harrington, pop music critic for the Bay Area News Group, on Ariana Grande‘s recent 27 March 2017 concert at the SAP Center in San Jose, California