Penn & Teller to Return to Boston for First Time in a Decade, Jan. 24-25, 2014

Penn & Teller will bring their irreverent brand of comedy and magic back to Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre in 2014. The post-modern bad boys of magic will play three performances only, on Friday, Jan. 24 and Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Tickets go on public sale Friday, Oct. 4.

Penn & Teller perform at the Citi Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., Boston on Friday, Jan. 24 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 25 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Tickets are priced at $35.00 - 75.00; all prices include a $3.75 facility fee per ticket. Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 4 at the Citi Center box office, through www.citicenter.org or by calling (866) 348-9738. Groups of 10 or more may reserve tickets now by contacting Citi Performing Arts Center Group Sales at (617) 532-1116 or groups@citicenter.org

"Our Vegas bosses at Caesars are co-promoting our shows in Boston, which for us is the best of both worlds. When I was growing up in Greenfield, Mass. and Teller was attending Amherst, Boston seemed like a million miles away. Now, that we live in Vegas, Boston is like coming home. Outside of Vegas, we do some of our best shows in Boston and we can't wait to come back home. It's been wicked too long," said Penn Jillette.

For nearly 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 and hundreds of outrageous appearances on everything from Letterman toFallon, Friends to The Simpsons, Chelsea Lately to Top Chef, comedy's only team show no signs of slowing down.

Seven-time winners , including 2013, as "Las Vegas Magicians of the Year," their 12-year run at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, owned by Caesars Entertainment, makes them one of the longest running and most-beloved shows 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 is 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. Their newest television venture, "Penn & Teller Tell A Lie" for the Discovery Channel premiered last October and Penn recently showed his business savvy on the new season of NBC's "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice."

In the UK, they've recently completed the first series of their highly -lauded return to British television, "Penn & Teller: Fool Us!" on which up-and-comers and magic veterans try to fool Penn & Teller for a chance to star in the duos' hit Las Vegas stage show.

Along the way, they've written three 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.

As individuals, they are just as prolific. Teller co-wrote and directed the Off-Broadway thriller Play Dead, which received raves from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and has written two books. Penn has written three books, including the New York Times Best Seller, "God No!", hosted the NBC game show Identity , donned his ballroom shoes for the 2008 season of ABC's hit Dancing With The Stars and competed on NBC's 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." In April of this year the pair was honored with their very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Penn & Teller serve as the resident headliners at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, which is owned by Caesars Entertainment. Jointly promoted by the Citi Performing Arts Center and Suffolk Downs/Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ: CZR), the Penn & Teller engagement is the first in a series of greater collaborations between Boston's leading non-profit entertainment and cultural arts institution and the gaming entertainment company. This historic national partnership, announced in 2012, allows Citi Center to play a pivotal role in the entertainment and cultural activities programming of the proposed Caesars Resort at Suffolk Downs should the group earn a license to develop a world-class destination resort in Boston.

The partnership with Citi Center provides the opportunity to bring Caesars headliners based elsewhere to Boston. The Citi Performing Arts Center, which includes the Wang, Shubert and Emerson Colonial theatres, has a longstanding commitment to community involvement and youth programs. The agreement with Suffolk Downs/Caesars Entertainment calls for Citi Center, veterans of Boston's rich arts and cultural history, to work with the proposed gaming resort in cross-promotion, operations, and cooperative entertainment bookings to expand arts education/community programs and provide broader entertainment choices for the Boston community.

"We are excited to take this first step in our new partnership," commented Josiah Spaulding, President and CEO of the Citi Performing Arts Center. "ThePenn & Teller engagement will bring one of the most popular acts back into Boston, and we look forward to welcoming Total Rewards members to many engagements, starting with this one!"

"Penn & Teller have always been great partners in entertainment with Caesars," said Jason Gastwirth, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Entertainment at Caesars Entertainment. "It's only fitting that we kick-off our important partnership with Citi Center with an act of their quality and caliber. We are looking forward to future collaborations with Citi Center bringing an even wider and exciting array of entertainment to the Boston area."

With more than 40 million members, Caesars' Total Rewards program is the leading loyalty program in the gaming-entertainment industry. This partnership gives Citi Center access to this vast resource of consumers, while providing the proposed Caesars Resort with access to local first-class performing arts and entertainment experiences in the Theatre District for Total Rewards members. A special pre-sale for Total Rewards members, the loyalty program of Caesars Entertainment, will be available starting Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. ET.

For more information on the Penn & Teller engagement at the Citi Shubert Theatre, visit www.citicenter.org.