

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.
Top Cast

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
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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