We’re accustomed to Teller not speaking onstage, while he’s invariably articulate away from it. He was as judicious with his verbiage as he was with his movements Thursday, after returning to the Penn & Teller show for the first time in 3½ months.
“It felt a lot like cardio rehab, but more interesting,” the 74-year-old showman said in Penn & Teller’s notorious Monkey Room at the Rio, where the duo greets guests after performances. “They don’t have an audience for cardio rehab. Here, we have that, and they’re both fairly strenuous.”
Teller joined Penn Jillette, his partner of 47 years, in a full show for the first time since undergoing quadruple-bypass surgery Sept. 29.
