Penn & Teller News

2019 a?oeAmerica's Got Talenta?? semi-finalists Dom Chambers and Eric Chien will join the cast of The Illusionists a?' Magic Of The Holidays for the show's record fifth holiday season, playing from Friday, November 29, 2019 through Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre (250 W. 52nd Street).

Noël Coward's classic comedy Blithe Spirit, directed by Sir Richard Eyre and starring Jennifer Saunders, will return next year for a UK tour followed by a strictly limited 6-week engagement at the West End's Duke of York's Theatre following a celebrated reception in Bath earlier this summer.

Created with magic legends Penn & Teller, Mischief Theatre conjure up an evening of grand illusion in Magic Goes Wrong. In the next 'Goes Wrong' comedy to hit the West End, the original Mischief company play a hapless gang of magicians presenting a charity event.

NBC (4.392 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1) was the demo champ on Monday thanks to the season finale of 'American Ninja Warrior' (5.389 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #1) and the special 'The 2019 NBC Primetime Preview Show' (2.399 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T3).

Atlas Obscura presents Red Thread, a theatrical exploration of the concepts of chance and chaos with performer and award-winning magician Siegfried Tieber. Using sleight of hand, magic, and illusion, Tieber's latest creation guides participants through an unlikely journey, blurring the line between the improbable and the impossible. The whole experience may leave Tieber's guests wondering if their decisions are theirs and of their own free will, or if they are predetermined. Co-written by Jared Kopf, Red Thread will open on Thursday, October 3, 2019, and run through Sunday, November 10, 2019. Each evening will take place at Pskaufman Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles, the subterranean art gallery and event space of award-winning shoe designer and creative visionary Paul Kaufman. For more information on these magical experiences, please visit https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/red-thread.

Don't expect rabbits out of hats! Reza's current tour, coming to Jacksonville's Times-Union Center April 3, 2020 at 8 p.m., transports concert level lighting & production merged with the most incredible cutting-edge magic in existence today. Reza has garnered a world-wide buzz and loyal fan base with his passion for creating signature grand-scale illusions such as making motorcycles and helicopters materialize out of thin air!

ABC (4.435 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.2, #1) held onto the top demo spot on Monday thanks to a new 'Bachelor in Paradise' (5.255 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.4, #1) and the season finale of 'Grand Hotel' (2.797 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.6, #4).

NBC (15.683 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 5.2, #1) was of course the top draw on Sunday with the formal premieres of 'Football Night in America #1' (6.665 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.8, #6), 'Football Night in America #2' (9.139 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 2.9, #5), 'Football Night in America #3' (13.423 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 4.2, #3) and 'Sunday Night Football' (19.247 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 6.6, #1).

ABC (3.503 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.9, #1) was the Labor Day champ in demos with fresh installments of 'Bachelor in Paradise' (4.073 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.1, #1) and 'Grand Hotel' (2.364 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T6).

For the first time ever SHOWMEN PRODUCTIONS are coming to Sydney presenting THE GREATEST MAGIC SHOW as part of SYDNEY FRINGE from 20 to 22 September. This multi award-winning magic show comes to Sydney from sell-out shows at Melbourne's Spiegeltent and a season at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.

ABC (4.052 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.0, #1) was the top draw on Monday thanks to new episodes of 'Bachelor in Paradise' (4.778 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1) and 'Grand Hotel' (2.599 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T5).

The 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Tuesday, Sept. 10 a?" Saturday, Sept. 21) is thrilled to announce that it will feature a new international star this year. Japanese a?oedanger magiciana?? TanBA will make his first East Coast appearance as part of an international cast of performers debuting in this year's Cirque du Fringe: D'illusion.

FOX (3.752 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.0, #1) pulled into the top spot on Sunday with its mix of 'Last Man Standing' (2.302 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T8), another 'Last Man Standing' (2.764 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.7, #5) and primetime coverage of 'NFL Preseason: Seattle at Minnesota' (4.361 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.2, #2).