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Katy Perry�s Sparkling garden dreams

Puffy clouds of pink cotton candy. A sparkly dress with whirling peppermint pinwheels. A giant fake pot brownie that induced hallucinations. An Elvis impersonator, a pair of mimes, and seven costume changes within one song. Welcome to Katy Perry�s visualization of Candy Land come to life on her new California Dreams tour. It�s unremittingly fun � nothing more, nothing less � but it also suggests that the pop star�s live show has finally caught up with her ambitions. Perry�s sold-out concert at the TD Garden on Saturday was essentially a theater production, sometimes a circus, with Perry as the unsinkable gang leader. Frivolity suits her as snugly as one of her many hip-hugging dresses. Loosely based on a running video storyline about Perry being transported to a candy-coated wonderland, the show highlighted what she is capable of with the right staging and enough fans to pack an arena. They came for the sing-along (�Hot N Cold,�� �E.T.,�� �Teenage Dream��) but likely left with an appre...