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This American Life: Live at BAM
Genres
ComedyDramaMusic
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
109 min
Release Date
2014-06-20
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
8.1
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Ira Glass
Host
Mike Birbiglia
Himself
Sasheer Zamata
Herself
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
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