Ira Glass News

Apple junkie Mike Daisey's controversial first-person retelling of stories from the Foxconn factory in China where most of the world's electronic gadgets are produced, The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, will open Actors Theatre's 2012-13 season, Sept. 21 to Oct. 7, on Stage West of the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe.

Sleepwalk With Me, a film by Mike Birbiglia and co-writer Ira Glass (host of the NPR radio show 'This American Life'), is set to open in New York City on August 24, 2012. To promote the movie, the duo has shared the following short film. Watch it below!

Jeff Zinn Returns to the Harbor Stage for Three Day Special Event: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF MIKE DAISEY.

This season, The Kentucky Center is offering something for everyone. The 2012-2013 Kentucky Center Presents season includes comedy and film, dance and world music, jazz, blues, classical, pop and more, including world renowned classical musicians with the Russian National Orchestra. Joined by world class conductor Patrick Summers and pianist Daniil Trifinov, the Orchestra will present a diverse program including Smetana, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky, and are sure to blow away American audiences.

Jeff Zinn Returns to the Harbor Stage for Three Day Special Event: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF MIKE DAISEY.

Over the course of its first decade, NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts has made substantial contributions not only to its University community, but also to the broader New York cultural landscape. Unique among venues in lower Manhattan, NYU Skirball Center's 860-seat, state-of-the-art theater provides a stage for music, dance, and theater from around the world, with a focus on developing younger audiences for live performance. Its programming also reflects NYU's stature as an international center of scholarship, and as an intellectually rich and diverse environment.

The first official trailer of comedian Mike Birbiglia's Sundance selected indie SLEEPWALK WITH ME has been released. Birbiglia writes, co-directs and stars in the film, based on the comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker's own one-man show and book of the same name. The film features ONCE star Cristin Milioti as Birbiglia's sister. Check out the trailer below!

The production officially opened last night, June 14, 2012 for a limited engagement through August 5th, 2012 and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the opening night guests on the red carpet!

One of NPR's most notable voices comes to The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Mortensen Hall, to host Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass tonight, May 26, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. The performance is sponsored by Edwards Wildman.

The Englert Theatre announces new concerts coming to the theatre this May. The lineup features exciting performances by a diverse collection of performers. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars return to the Englert tonight, Friday, May 25. The subject of a critically acclaimed documentary, the Refugee All Stars have matured into one of Africa's top touring and recording bands. Finally, five-time Grammy award winning, guitar legend Robert Cray will perform Thursday, May 31.

The Englert Theatre previously announced new concerts coming to the theatre this month. The lineup features exciting performances by a diverse collection of performers. Tonight, May 11 Malian vocalist Khaira Arby will perform with Iowa City band Bermuda Report. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars return to the Englert on Friday, May 25. The subject of a critically acclaimed documentary, the Refugee All Stars have matured into one of Africa's top touring and recording bands. Finally, five-time Grammy award winning, guitar legend Robert Cray will perform Thursday, May 31.

WBEZ Chicago's hit radio show THIS AMERICAN LIFE comes to the big screen at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater tonight, May 10. Host Ira Glass and popular contributors present their usual stories but also dance, animation, video and more.

Tickets are on sale to the general public for the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts's 2012-13 program, which will include Bernadette Peters headlining the annual ARTrageous benefit gala on December 1.

Tickets for Ira Glass's September 8, 2012 show at Benaroya Hall go on sale today, April 30, at 10:00 a.m. www.benaroyahall.org. It has been two years since his last Seattle appearance and those shows sold out quickly. This American Life fans are passionate about the show's content and Ira Glass's recent, and now legendary, "Retraction Episode" with former Seattle resident and playwright Mike Daisey is expected to add fuel to the fan's desire to see host and producer, Ira Glass, live.

This time last year, Mike Birbiglia was a well-respected comedian, author and playwright, thanks to his popular stand-up comedy concerts, his regular guest spots on public radio's This American Life, comedy CDs and his bestselling book, Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories (which he also turned into a long-running stage show). Fast forward to February 2012, and now Birbiglia has become an even bigger, more respected super-hyphenate as filmmaker, co-writer (along with Ira Glass), actor and director in his movie version of Sleepwalk With Me…which just won an award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Tickets for Ira Glass's September 8, 2012 show at Benaroya Hall go on sale Monday April 30, at 10:00 a.m. www.benaroyahall.org. It has been two years since his last Seattle appearance and those shows sold out quickly. This American Life fans are passionate about the show's content and Ira Glass's recent, and now legendary, "Retraction Episode" with former Seattle resident and playwright Mike Daisey is expected to add fuel to the fan's desire to see host and producer, Ira Glass, live.