This American Life: Live at BAM
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.
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
8.1/10
4 votes
Rating consensus
81/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~81/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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
Community Ledger
No logs yet — yours would be the first on Risocast.
This American Life: Live at BAM (2014)
Seth Lind
Similar films & shows
From TMDB’s similar-title graph — shared genres, tone, cast, or who also watched this.
Stop Time - Sondre Lerche & Operaen
2025
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
Linkin Park: Live at Optimus Alive!07
2007
Every Night at Eight
1935
American Graffiti
1973
Haters Roast RAW
2019
Sleepless in Seattle
1993
Behind the Mike
1937
Beyond LIVE - Stray Kids 3rd World Tour “dominATE” in SEOUL
2024
Armin Only: Imagine
2008
Timeless: The Film
2014
Days of Being Wild
1990
