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This American Life: Live at BAM
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This American Life: Live at BAM

2014-06-20 · 109 min · ★ 8.1

Comedy · Drama · Music

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.

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Directors
Seth Lind
Production companies
Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ)
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ira GlassIra GlassHost
Mike BirbigliaMike BirbigliaSelf
Sasheer ZamataSasheer ZamataSelf
Lin-Manuel MirandaLin-Manuel MirandaNarrator
Lindsay MendezLindsay MendezNaomi
Stephin MerrittStephin MerrittHimself (Musical Guest)
James RansoneJames RansoneDavid
Anthony RamosAnthony RamosJustin Laboy
Josh HamiltonJosh HamiltonJoshua
Joshuah BearmanJoshuah BearmanNarrator

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