This American Life: Live at BAM
2014•1h 49m•8.1•Released
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It’s This American Life’s wildest, most ambitious live show ever! Nearly 50 actors, singers, dancers, musicians and comedians joined Ira Glass onstage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Opera House on June 7th, 2014 to try some things they'd never tried before. The result? Journalism turned into opera, into plays, into a Broadway musical. Comedy from Mike Birbiglia, and SNL’s Sasheer Zamata. Songs from Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields. Dance from Monica Bill Barnes & Company.
Director
Seth Lind
Writer
Mike Birbiglia, Ira Glass, Joshuah Bearman, Sasheer Zamata, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Languages
English, German
Studio
Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ)
Cast
Ira Glass
Host
Mike Birbiglia
Self
Sasheer Zamata
Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Narrator
Lindsay Mendez
Naomi
Stephin Merritt
Himself (Musical Guest)
James Ransone
David
Anthony Ramos
Justin Laboy
Josh Hamilton
Joshua
Joshuah Bearman
Narrator
Production
Company
Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ)
Producer
Robyn Semien
Producer
Robert Saenz De Viteri
Producer
Ben Katz
Producer
Allison Davis
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