6/24/17

- before the show the guy sitting in front of us was like “so you like josh huh” and I was like bro what do you think I'm here for

- During the first song, her microphone kept going on and off and her ear monitors wouldn’t work either so she went a few songs without being able to hear herself. She sounded really good though and sang a lot of iconic songs - The Wizard and I, Do You Want to Build a Snowman, Let It Go, Over the Moon, Take Me or Leave Me (as a duet with her background singer who was also really good), No Day but Today, a snippet of For Good, and Defying Gravity

- This little girl kept shouting “I love you Idina” between songs so Idina asked her what her name was and it was really cute

- I was not emotionally prepared for Josh. I think I died and my soul went to heaven when he started singing his first number (“Bigger than Us” from his Bridges album, which is a total bop by the way) 

- How is the man so talented. He literally sang in like 3 languages and played piano and wow.

- the lighting design was also super cool

- Josh was so funny and dorky and honestly seemed super humble and authentic? I feel like when an artist is talking at their concert you can tell some of their personality and Josh wasn’t coming across as fake or cocky. so he’s basically the perfect human being

- he did a few songs on a “mini stage” that was out in the audience and started playing piano and I died.

- Idina joined him there for two songs, too: “Falling Slowly” from Once and “Lullaby”. 

- They were talking about the concert of Chess they did and how they had to kiss and Josh straight up said “we had this director who we all knew wrote fanfiction about us in his spare time” 

- he also called us his “nuggets of specialness” which was just so freaking cute and sweet? plus my older sister calls me her nugget so I feel like I've achieved my full potential now

- I love the Stages album so I freaked out when he sang “Pure Imagination” and especially “Bring Him Home.” Les Mis is one of my favorite musicals and I've seen it 3 times so just hearing Josh sing that was wow

- He said a lot of good stuff about arts education, separating families, and mental health awareness. I was like bless you Josh. 

- This probably doesn’t even need to be said but he is so freaking good live. Anyone who’s been to concerts knows that a lot of the time the artist will pause for a couple of lines during songs throughout the show and let the audience sing it so that they can catch their breath. But Josh sang his entire hour-and-a-half set without needing to do that

- The last number before the encore was “You Raise Me Up” and I actually screamed. I remember hearing that song on the radio as a little kid when it came out and loving it so much so hearing him sing it live (and sounding exactly the same as he did 15 years ago) was the most perfect thing. 

- also it was just really cool to get to see him right after “The Good Cop” came out. I love that he’s been famous for so many years now but is still doing cooler and cooler stuff each year. have I mentioned that he’s good at everything 

- he told us we were beautiful so many times and I was like thank you josh I needed that today

- so yeah he was perfect and I honestly think he’s my absolute favorite performer now just because of how talented and kind he was