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Saturday, February 18, 2006

Penn & Teller, Rio, Las Vegas (2006)

This show was scheduled by Tom, amazing leader of Dude (okay, and some dudettes - mostly PSU alums) Weekend 2006. I hadn't seen Penn & Teller since 1991 at Penn State and I was really happy that Tom arranged for us to all see this show (I thought it was just going to be for the Dudes).

If you've seen Penn & Teller already, I have to tell you that nothing I saw in the show was exactly like the show I saw almost 15 years ago. This was the third time I saw Penn & Teller and I'd see them again in a heartbeat. Definitely see the new show - especially if you haven't seen one in their theater in Las Vegas. The theater is amazing!

Penn & Teller are as funny and entertaining as ever. I love that they show you how a few of their tricks work, while allowing the most amazing tricks to leave you speachless. Some of the tricks are truly astounding and if you haven't seen Penn & Teller, I highly recommend you check them out!

So, what do I say to those who (like my friend Meli, Tom's wife) weren't impressed with Bullshit!, their TV show? Go see the show anyway! My husband had somehow managed to have never heard of Penn & Teller (don't ask me how, sometimes I swear it's not possible that he was raised in the totally with it area of southern California) and I wanted to show him who they were, so we recorded an episode of Bullshit!. We were not impressed and I am a fan of almost everything else they've done. Something about the format really didn't appeal to me. So, even if you didn't like that or other TV appearances, take my word (and Meli's - she was worried when she originally heard we were going to see Penn & Teller) and see them anyway!

Granted, there are tons of things to see in Las Vegas and I'm not necessarily saying Penn & Teller are the best, but in my opinion, they put together the best magic show in Vegas or anywhere else. If you want to see a magic show, this is the one! If you only have one night in Vegas and it doesn't have to be magic, I'd say to see 'O' by Cirque du Soleil, but if you like magic (especially if you like seeing how things are done with the cool inside perspective they offer in this show), see Penn & Teller!

Grade: A-

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