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This American Life: Live at BAM (2014)

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.

  • Comedy
  • Drama
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Top billed cast

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

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