Portland'5 Presents Penn & Teller

For over 40 years Penn & Teller have defied labels-and at times physics and good taste - by redefining the genre of magic and inventing their own very distinct niche in comedy.

With sold-out runs on Broadway, world tours, Emmy-winning TV specials, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and hundreds of outrageous appearances on everything from Fallon to Friends, The Simpsons to Colbert, Modern Family to Top Chef, comedy's most enduring team show no signs of slowing down.

With an amazing eight wins as "Las Vegas Magicians of the Year," their 17-year run at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino makes them the longest running and one of the most-beloved headline acts in Las Vegas history, outselling every other resident magician on The Strip.

Their acclaimed Showtime series, Penn & Teller: BS! was nominated for 13 Emmys and was the longest-running series in the history of the network. The show tackled the fakes and frauds behind such topics as alien abduction, psychics and bottled water.

Currently they host the hit series Penn & Teller: Fool Us! for The CW Network, where up-and-comers and magic veterans try to fool Penn & Teller for a chance to star in the duo's hit Las Vegas stage show. The show was nominated for a 2017 Critic's Choice Award.

Along the way, they've written New York Times Best-Sellers, hosted their own Emmy-nominated variety show for FX, starred in their own specials for ABC, NBC and Comedy Central and produced the critically lauded feature film documentary The Aristocrats. Their acclaimed documentary, Tim's Vermeer, follows Texas-based inventor Tim Jenison on his quest to discover the methods used by Dutch Master painter Johannes Vermeer. The Sony Pictures Classics film was nominated for a BAFTA and shortlisted for the 2014 Oscars.

As individuals, they are just as prolific. Teller directed versions of Macbeth and The Tempest that toured to raves from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, co-wrote and directed the Off-Broadway thriller Play Dead and has written two books. Penn has written three books, including the New York Times Best Sellers, "God No!" and 2017's "Presto". He hosted the NBC game show Identity and donned his ballroom shoes for the 2008 season of ABC's hit Dancing With The Stars. Penn recently showed his business savvy on two seasons of NBC's All-Star Celebrity Apprentice.

With inclusions in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, as answers on Jeopardy and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, their status as cultural icons and the preeminent duo in comedy was once again reinforced when Katy Perry personally asked them to co-star in the video for her #1 song, "Waking Up in Vegas."

Penn & Teller recently returned to Broadway in a triumphant smash six-week long engagement that USA Today called, "Deliciously unsettling." It was the highest-grossing non-musical on Broadway for its entire run.

Portland'5 Centers for the Arts is excited to present Penn & Teller at Keller Auditorium, Friday, September 14th, 2018 at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, April 6th at 10:00am Pacific at portland5.com, the Portland'5 box office at 1111 SW Broadway, by phone at 1-800-273-1530, and all TicketsWest outlets.

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