According to “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” Irving Berlin’s 80-year-old ode to showbiz, the life of a stage production goes as follows: “The opening, when your heart beats like a drum / The closing, when the customers don’t come.” Having attended both the sold-out opening night and the sold-out closing night of Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball concert tour, I can confidently report only the first half of Berlin’s observation applies to Mother Monster’s Mayhem.
Nine months ago, when Gaga kicked off the tour in Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, the crowd’s energy felt electric but uncertain—what…
