 Deborah Wilker from The Day commented that " Madonna 's got an almost rabid energy about her , which she maintains for the duration of 90 minutes . In fact she rarely leaves the stage — preferring to change costumes in a phone booth instead . Boy can she change . One minute she 's a 50 's teenager in a party dress , next she 's playing a speak @-@ easy chanteuse . It 's almost difficult to believe that a career as young as Madonna 's could contain so much popular material that on stage the star can barely get to half of it . " Don McLeese from Chicago Sun @-@ Times reviewed the performance at Soldier Field stadium said that " ' Shine ' seems like a dim possibility for her Soldier Field performance this month , because Madonna invariably takes the stage after dusk has turned to dark and brings back the sun again for the two hours that she played . " In another review , McCleese commented : " [ Madonna ] proceeded to show Soldier Field a few moves that would gain Walter Payton some yardage , while putting a whole new twist on the term ' backfield in motion ' . The girl really knows how to cause a commotion . " Richard Harrington from The Washington Post felt that the tour " would have played better to a full house at the Capital Centre or Merriweather Post Pavilion . But to her credit , Madonna performed last night as if the house was full , and the show is splendid pop theater . Madonna has described it as ' Broadway in a stadium ' , and with her nonstop dancing , costume changes , mini @-@ dramas and dynamic pacing , it is sort of a ' Liza With an M. ' " Jon Pareles from The New York Times reviewed the concert at Madison Square Garden in New York and felt that " For all its effort and professionalism , the concert wasn 't exactly moving ; Madonna had to ask the audience to get up and dance twice . But as shallow , kitschy , pop entertainment — no big messages , no revelations , familiar sounds and images , plenty of catchy tunes — the show was easy to enjoy . [ ... ] The tunes stick to her limited vocal range and usually use short phrases — the better to keep her from running out of breath as she dances across the stage . And her band knocked the songs out with solid precision , recreating the gleaming sound of her records . 
