Headliners and Headdresses Return to Las Vegas. Will Tourists Follow? The first shows to reopen face a challenge: It is hard to draw audiences without tourists, but hard to draw tourists without shows. After a forced sabbatical of 421 days, Penn & Teller are performing once again in Las Vegas.Credit...Joe Buglewicz for The New York Times June 10, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET LAS VEGAS — Penn Jillette, one half of the Penn & Teller magic and comedy act that has helped define nightlife in Las Vegas for decades, bounded onto the stage the other night and looked across a maskless but socially distanced audience scattered across the theater at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.