Movie tickets are on sale now for This American Life—Live!, the stage show version of the popular NPR Chicago radio show/podcast that will be beamed via satellite to more than 400 movie screens nationwide on Thursday, April 23rd at 8pm. The show will last approximately two hours.The Orlando area has two theatres showing this event: Pointe Orlando with IMAX or the Waterford Stadium 20. Buy tickets on Fandango.com for either.
About the event: Ira Glass will host an actual episode of the radio program, performed onstage by some of our favorite contributors. Dan Savage, Starlee Kine, and Mike Birbiglia will tell stories. David Rakoff and Dave Hill will conduct a ‘special investigation.’ Plus a new cartoon by Chris Ware, additional visuals by Arthur Jones, and a very special appearance by Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! The performance will last around two hours. We’re going to capture the whole thing with a bunch of HD cameras, and send it live* to movie theatres all over the country."By popular demand, they have added an encore presentation of This American Life—Live! on Thursday, May 7th in select theaters. Sign up here to receive notification when tickets will go on sale.
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