She appeared for first tune “Dance in the Dark,” from her latest album, The Fame Monster, as a silhouette of hair, shoulder pads and her trademark long, shapely legs behind a violet curtain. Halfway through the song the curtain came down and Gaga and a small army of dancers were on a set resembling Times Square circa 1976. Neon signs offering tattoos, gold teeth and a variety of other street indulgences loomed over a smoking neon green junker of a car.
This was a grimy, elaborate, New York City street musical. By the time Gaga revved the bass loop of debut single (and first No. 1 hit), “Just Dance,” one half-expected the cast of Stomp to come crashing through the choreography with garbage-can-lid percussion or the cast of Rent to appear choraling.
Aside from the multi-level stage and the androgynous dance crew, Gaga had a couple of other characters that became prime players through the night. The most prominent was her wardrobe, which seems to range from complex abstract art to simple stripper pole chic without much of a middle ground.
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