Play (concert residency)

Play
Residency by Katy Perry
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LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
VenueThe Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas
Start dateDecember 29, 2021 (2021-12-29)
End dateMarch 19, 2022 (2022-03-19)
Legs2
No. of shows16
Katy Perry concert chronology

Play (stylized as ᑭᒪᗩY) is the first concert residency hosted by American singer Katy Perry. During the show, she interacts with a giant toilet and a giant face mask while performing. The first eight concerts were announced on May 12, 2021, which will run The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas from December 29, 2021 to January 15, 2022. Eight more shows were added later that month due to popular demand, extending the residency to March 19, 2022. Ticket sales became widely available to purchase on May 24 after a pre-sale for those with Citibank cards took place from May 18 to May 23, 2021.

In an interview with Out, she mentioned that 1990s movies such as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Pee-wee's Playhouse, and Pee-wee's Big Adventure influenced the show's creation. Perry also stated "It's just gonna be a feast for both the ears and the eyes and it is like the most laughter I've had in a rehearsal setting ever in my life. My co-creators and collaborators and the dancers and the band, everybody's just like, 'This is the kookiest idea.'"

Critical response

In a favorable review, Mark Gray from Rolling Stone said that "the production was larger than life", further adding: "the show is quintessential Perry, who indulged the emotional, the over-the-top, the whimsical, the psychedelic, and even the cheesy over the course of 95 minutes". Melinda Sheckells of Billboard also gave a positive review, stating that Perry "left another unforgettable mark on the Strip in front of a sold-out, all-ages crowd of 5,000 loudly purring KatyCats", further adding: "'Perry Playland' transports the audience into another dimension of rainbow fluff, heart-shaped confetti and larger-than-life anthropomorphic household objects — it's part fantasy, part hallucination and thoroughly high-camp Perry." Yahoo! contributor Joyann Jeffrey felt Perry "perfectly wrapped up 2021 in a nutshell when she toasted a giant face mask onstage, and sang on top of some giant toilet paper rolls, which sat beside a huge bathtub and toilet" with Play and wrote the outfits used were "equally as amazing".

Setlist

Perry revealed the set list on December 28, 2021, a day before the first show was scheduled to start.

Shows

List of dates, attendance and revenue earned
Date Attendance Revenue
Leg 1
December 29, 2021 5000/5000 TBA
December 31, 2021 TBA/5000
January 1, 2022 TBA/5000
January 7, 2022 TBA/5000
January 8, 2022 TBA/5000
January 12, 2022 TBA/5000
January 14, 2022 TBA/5000
January 15, 2022 TBA/5000
Leg 2
March 2, 2022 TBA
March 4, 2022
March 5, 2022
March 11, 2022
March 12, 2022
March 16, 2022
March 18, 2022
March 19, 2022
Total

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