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Feature film — 2014

This American Life: Live at BAM (2014)

8.11h 49mComedy — 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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Director: Seth Lind

On screen

Cast & crew

Ira Glass as Host

Ira Glass

Host

Mike Birbiglia as Self

Mike Birbiglia

Self

Sasheer Zamata as Self

Sasheer Zamata

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda as Narrator

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Narrator

Lindsay Mendez as Naomi

Lindsay Mendez

Naomi

Stephin Merritt as Himself (Musical Guest)

Stephin Merritt

Himself (Musical Guest)

James Ransone as David

James Ransone

David

Anthony Ramos as Justin Laboy

Anthony Ramos

Justin Laboy

Josh Hamilton as Joshua

Josh Hamilton

Joshua

Joshuah Bearman as Narrator

Joshuah Bearman

Narrator

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