This American Life: Live at BAM
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2014-06-20
Runtime: 109 mins
Director: Seth Lind
Writer: Joshuah Bearman, Mike Birbiglia, Ira Glass, Sasheer Zamata, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Spoken language: English, Deutsch
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Original title: This American Life: Live at BAM
Production Companies: Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ)
Production Countries: United States of America
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