Spook show.

• Author: Root, Damon
• Position: Briefly Noted - Play Dead - Theater review - Brief article

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With ghosts, nudity, violence, and magic, the wickedly entertaining off-Broadway spook show Play Dead has been captivating crowds at New York's Players Theater since last November. Co-written and directed by Teller, the quieter half of the libertarian magic duo Penn &Teller, and starring Teller's co-author and fellow magician Todd Robbins, Play Dead is basically a 90-minute pseudo-seance, complete with audience participation.

This isn't the first time Teller has tackled the shady world of the supposedly supernatural. On Bullshit!, Penn & Teller's provocative Showtime series, the duo debunked the...