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When country singer Taylor Swift performs in concert, it's not just a musical event, it's an all-out Broadway production.
Her 2-hour-and-15-minute show on Wednesday at the EnergySolutions Arena included eight costume changes, several professional dance numbers and all sorts of special effects including confetti, fireworks and Swift appearing and disappearing in trap doors on the stage.
And if that's not enough drama, the set was constantly in motion. The Grammy winner took her fans from a fairy tale castle to a hillbilly front porch, a church, a school and then into an enchanted forest with a rotating tree. Large screens behind the stage and on both sides projected Swift's every move
All the theatrical antics were simply a vehicle for the 14,000-member audience, mostly tween girls and their mothers, to sing along with the country and pop superstar.
Swift, kicked off the concert with her popular "Sparks Fly," and quickly followed with "Mine" and "The Story of Us." All the while strumming the guitar and flipping...