Ira Glass to bring This American Life to a theater near you

Radio and television host Ira Glass will be bringing his show This American Life to the silver screen for a one-night only event of exclusive material, special guests and Q&A.

On the evening of May 1, This American Life Live! will be broadcast via satellite to theaters across the country from New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Glass will be debuting never-before-seen stories and outtakes from his show, and answering questions from the audience. Several special, currently unnamed guests will also make appearances.

This American Life debuted on Chicago airwaves in 1995. Glass eschewed interviews with celebrities and other newsmakers to tell the stories of ordinary men and women. The show grew steadily in popularity and went national only a year later. Glass can now be heard on more than 500 radio stations across the country, and 1.7 million listeners tune into his show every week. The radio show was so successful that Showtime approached him to create a television spinoff that debuted on the network last year.

Tickets for This American Life Live! go on sale April 4 via ThisLife.org. Users can buy tickets to the live event in New York, or browse the site’s ticket page to find the theater location nearest them.

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