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This American Life: Live at BAM
8.1 / 10• 2014• 1h 49m•NR• English
ComedyDramaMusic
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ira Glass
Host
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Seth Lind's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. This American Life: Live at BAM is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
