The Nightman Cometh Live
In September 2009, the cast took their show live. The "Gang" performed the musical The Nightman Cometh in New York, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Artemis Pebdani also appeared in the performance as The Waitress and Artemis. Actress Rhea Perlman (ex-wife of Danny Devito) assumed the role of Gladys.
Creator Rob McElhenney said that Live Nation originally approached the cast about doing the show at 30 cities, but in the end the cast settled on 6. Co-Developer Glenn Howerton described the show as "essentially an expanded version of the actual episode of "The Nightman Cometh" which was the final episode for season four. There are some added moments, added scenes, added songs and extended versions of songs that already existed." Two new songs were included in the performance, and a longer running time allowed for greater improvisation by the actors. The performance was also preceded by a preview screening of a season five episode.
The Los Angeles performance, filmed at The Troubadour, was included as a bonus feature on the season four DVD box set.
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