Writer Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dollhouse, is slated for a "special musical performance" in This American Life - Live! -- to be broadcast to 400 movie theaters nationwide and 17 theaters locally in April, it was announced.The stage show will be simulcast April 23 from the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University and is based on Chicago Public Radio's weekly hour-long radio show This American Life. Host Ira Glass will be joined by Whedon, Dan Savage, Starlee Kine and cartoonist Chris Ware for the two-hour show. The show's theme is "Return to the Scene of the Crime."
From the press release:
This American Life - Live! is presented for the second consecutive year in theaters by NCM Fathom, produced by Chicago Public Radio and BY Experience, Inc. in collaboration with Public Radio International (PRI). Tens of thousands of fans across the country attended the first TAL cinema event in 2008.
"Our listeners enjoyed getting together in their own communities to experience our show in a new way," said host Ira Glass. "The live cinema transmission was surprisingly effective. We were flooded with emails asking for us to do it again. Last year was mostly a sneak preview of stories from our television show. This year we're excited to do a full-on stage performance of the radio show."
Organizers listed 17 Los Angeles area movie theaters to carry This American Life - Live!. Among the local theaters listed are: Long Beach 26 on Carson Blvd., Century City 15, Irvine Spectrum 20 and The Bridge.
A complete list of the 17 scheduled movie theaters can be found here.
Tickets to see the simulcast performance on April 23 are available at the theaters listed or www.FathomEvents.com.
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