#1
Posted: 3/20/15 at 8:28am
Penn and Teller to hit Broadway
#3
Posted: 3/20/15 at 10:05pm
I'm irrationally excited for this. I just adore P&T and am so excited to have them back on Broadway.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#4
Posted: 3/20/15 at 10:25pm
CBS This Morning did a segment on P&T some weeks back, and Teller mentioned his love for Sondheim and the line "Look, I made a hat, where there never was a hat" and how well it described the creative process. He teared up when he was talking about it. I'm sure the show will be awesome.
#5
Posted: 3/20/15 at 10:34pm
Teller frequently quotes Sunday in the Park in interviews, and he ALWAYS cries. Fun fact: Penn played the original Assassins album for a then-teenaged Neil Patrick Harris, who loved it and, of course, went on to play the Balladeer/Oswald on Broadway.
I'm excited to see them.
I'm excited to see them.
#6
Posted: 3/20/15 at 10:37pm
just saying, I reported this 3 weeks ago :)
Rumor: Penn & Teller coming to Broadway
Rumor: Penn & Teller coming to Broadway
#7
Posted: 3/20/15 at 11:22pm
yes, but the title was RUMOR: P&T coming to Broadway. It is now a fact, not rumor.
#8
Posted: 3/21/15 at 7:18am
And some were worried about SpongeBob on Broadway...
#9
Posted: 3/21/15 at 11:52am
Yes, because the intelligence that P&T bring to so much of what they do can be compared to a talking sponge.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#10
Posted: 3/21/15 at 12:04pm
SweetLips, are you joking? This is an old-school performance team that came up Off-Broadway and have had several Broadway shows together.
#11
Posted: 3/22/15 at 8:59am
To be fair, and honest, I had no idea who they were so decided to educate myself and google and youtube [where else?].
After 4 or 5 'tricks' -the bullet one was the worst, I thought, what am I missing?
So no, P&T just don't entertain me.
After 4 or 5 'tricks' -the bullet one was the worst, I thought, what am I missing?
So no, P&T just don't entertain me.
#12
Posted: 3/22/15 at 9:23am
"To be fair, and honest, I had no idea who they were so decided to educate myself and google and youtube [where else?]. "
Did this teach you to educate yourself on performers before disparaging them in the future? Penn and Teller are a brilliant duo, welcome on (or off) my Broadway any time.
"Mofo, the psychic gorilla!"
Did this teach you to educate yourself on performers before disparaging them in the future? Penn and Teller are a brilliant duo, welcome on (or off) my Broadway any time.
"Mofo, the psychic gorilla!"
Updated On: 3/22/15 at 09:23 AM
#13
Posted: 3/22/15 at 10:07am
So you decided to slam P&T from a couple of YouTube vids? Because THAT'S always a clear representation of any performance.
You certainly don't have to like them, but to put them lower than SpongeBob without any real knowledge is just sad.
You certainly don't have to like them, but to put them lower than SpongeBob without any real knowledge is just sad.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#14
Posted: 3/22/15 at 11:01am
Also, assuming the bullet trick you refer to was their signature Double Bullet Catch, it was voted recently the single greatest magic trick ever televised in the UK.
Besides their tremendous theatre work as a duo, Penn is one of the most skilled, gregarious, effortlessly charming and deviously expert raconteurs ever to walk onstage, and Teller is up there with Ricky Jay as among the world's greatest sleight of hand manipulators and historians. Teller is even one of the few magicians to ever successfully patent an illusion.
Besides their tremendous theatre work as a duo, Penn is one of the most skilled, gregarious, effortlessly charming and deviously expert raconteurs ever to walk onstage, and Teller is up there with Ricky Jay as among the world's greatest sleight of hand manipulators and historians. Teller is even one of the few magicians to ever successfully patent an illusion.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#15
Posted: 3/22/15 at 12:11pm
if you watch the airfare sales, for the price of a Broadway ticket, you could probably fly to Las Vegas and watch them at the Rio.
That said....I'll echo what most people above had said. Great show, you should see them live. I'm not sure Broadway is where I would do that, but if it's Broadway or not at all, Go.
That said....I'll echo what most people above had said. Great show, you should see them live. I'm not sure Broadway is where I would do that, but if it's Broadway or not at all, Go.
#16
Posted: 3/22/15 at 4:29pm
Such devoted fans--sorry to offend--maybe this form of magic presentation is not for me.
I would also never run away to join a circus.
I would also never run away to join a circus.
#17
Posted: 3/22/15 at 4:50pm
There is no "offense". If your comment actually had anything to do with any real experience of them, then so be it. But you condemn them without really knowing squat about them. If you didn't know anything about them, why say anything at all??
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#18
Posted: 3/22/15 at 4:57pm
Oh mama, knickers in a twist--settle girl--I'll be more careful in future.
Research/research/research.
Research/research/research.
#19
Posted: 3/22/15 at 5:34pm
My knickers are fine, thanks.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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