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.
Ira Glass
as Host
Mike Birbiglia
as Himself
Sasheer Zamata
as Herself
Lin-Manuel Miranda
as Narrator
Lindsay Mendez
as Naomi
Stephin Merritt
as Himself (Musical Guest)
James Ransone
as David
Anthony Ramos
as Justin Laboy
Josh Hamilton
as Joshua
Joshuah Bearman
as Narrator
