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.
Production
Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ)
Cast & Characters
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
Directors & Crew
Seth Lind
Director
Ira Glass
Writer
Ben Katz
Producer
Ben Cohen
Producer
Mike Birbiglia
Writer
Joshuah Bearman
Writer
Screenshots & Stills
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