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A.A. Cristi

A.A. Cristi is a Managing Editor and Features Writer for BroadwayWorld. For the past eight years, she has covered news from coast to coast, attended major industry events including The Tony Awards, and has contributed countless special features including interviews, original exclusives, and in-depth historical research projects. She is a graduate of the College of Staten Island with a degree in Communications/Journalism. She has performed both onstage and behind the scenes with La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, Theater For the New City, Midtown International Theater Festival, Richard Frankel Productions, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Scorpio Entertainment, Commercial Theater Institute, Fringe NYC, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, and CAGE Theatre Company. When she is not covering the Broadway industry, A.A. is an award-winning children's author whose first book, "Bruce the Spruce: A New York City Fairytale About the True Meaning of Christmas Trees" is out now from Mascot Books.




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Thoroughly Modern Millie

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Follies



VIDEO: The Skivvies Embrace Social Distancing in HERCULES Parody
VIDEO: The Skivvies Embrace Social Distancing in HERCULES Parody
March 18, 2020

Check out a new parody from Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley of The Skivvies as they give Disney's Hercules a Covid-19 twist to encourage responsible social distancing.

VIDEO: Equity President Kate Shindle Talks Broadway Shutdown on MSNBC
VIDEO: Equity President Kate Shindle Talks Broadway Shutdown on MSNBC
March 15, 2020

Equity President, Kate Shindle, sat down with MSNBC to discuss the impact of the current Broadway shutdown due to the Covid-19 ourbreak.

VIDEO: Hear the 11-Piece Orchestra Bringing CAROUSEL to Life at MTH Theater
VIDEO: Hear the 11-Piece Orchestra Bringing CAROUSEL to Life at MTH Theater
March 10, 2020

MTH Theater at Crown Center presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL.

VIDEO: See Carolee Carmello Make Her HELLO, DOLLY! Transformation
VIDEO: See Carolee Carmello Make Her HELLO, DOLLY! Transformation
March 6, 2020

Check out Hello, Dolly! tour star, Tony-nominee Carolee Carmello as she transforms into the iconic Dolly Gallagher Levi!

VIDEO: Meet Acting Associate Principal Horn Leelanee Sterrett in WE ARE NY PHIL Series
VIDEO: Meet Acting Associate Principal Horn Leelanee Sterrett in WE ARE NY PHIL Series
March 6, 2020

Acting Associate Principal Horn Leelanee Sterrett is featured in We Are NY Phil, a video series spotlighting musicians of the Orchestra. The series brings viewers closer to Philharmonic musicians by focusing on their lives outside the concert hall a?" in New York City and beyond a?" and following the activities they are most passionate about.

Review Roundup: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Opens On Broadway - See What the Critics Are Saying!
Review Roundup: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Opens On Broadway - See What the Critics Are Saying!
March 5, 2020

Girl from the North Country celebrates its opening night tonight at Broadway's Belasco Theatre!

TV: Meet ANASTASIA On Tour's New Anya, Beth Stafford Laird!
TV: Meet ANASTASIA On Tour's New Anya, Beth Stafford Laird!
March 4, 2020

Meet Anastasia on tour's new Anya, Beth Stafford Laird, who rejoins the national tour of Broadway's Anastasia beginning April 7, 2020.

VIDEO: Guthrie Theater Artistic Director Joseph Haj on THE BACCHAE
VIDEO: Guthrie Theater Artistic Director Joseph Haj on THE BACCHAE
March 3, 2020

Hear more from artistic director Joseph Haj on welcoming director Anne Bogart and this famed ensemble to the Guthrie below!

VIDEO: See the Official Trailer for THE PRINCE OF EGYPT West End
VIDEO: See the Official Trailer for THE PRINCE OF EGYPT West End
March 3, 2020

Get your first look at the trailer for the exciting new West End stage adaptation of Dreamworks animated film. The Prince of Egypt!

VIDEO: First Look at DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER at The Metropolitan Opera
VIDEO: First Look at DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER at The Metropolitan Opera
February 28, 2020

The Metropolitan Opera presents a new production of Wagner's early masterpiece Der Fliegende Holländer on March 2, 2020, with performances continuing through March 27. Valery Gergiev conducts the new staging from director François Girard, whose interpretation is centered on the young woman Senta's obsession with a portrait of the Dutchman.

VIDEO: FROZEN Composers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Test Their Disney Tune Knowledge
VIDEO: FROZEN Composers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Test Their Disney Tune Knowledge
February 26, 2020

Check out the Academy Award-winning Frozen songwriting duo, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, as they test their knowledge of iconic Disney songs with Mashable!

Review Roundup: WE'RE GONNA DIE Opens at Second Stage- Read the Reviews
Review Roundup: WE'RE GONNA DIE Opens at Second Stage- Read the Reviews
February 25, 2020

WE'RE GONNA DIE officially opened tonight at Second Stage Theater Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: Lucas Hnath's DANA H. at Vineyard Theatre - Critics Weigh In
Review Roundup: Lucas Hnath's DANA H. at Vineyard Theatre - Critics Weigh In
February 25, 2020

Vineyard Theatre presents Dana H., by Lucas Hnath, adapted from interviews with Dana Higginbotham conducted by Steve Cosson, and directed by Les Waters, began previews on February 11 with Deirdre O'Connell reprising the title role for the New York premiere direct from engagements at Center Theatre Group and The Goodman Theatre. 

TV: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Prepares to Make History at Madison Square Garden
TV: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Prepares to Make History at Madison Square Garden
February 25, 2020

The Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on Harper Lee's classic novel, will become the first-ever Broadway play to perform at The World's Most Famous Arena, New York's Madison Square Garden, in front of approximately 18,000 New York City public school students.

TV: TimeLine Theatre Presents KILL MOVE PARADISE
TV: TimeLine Theatre Presents KILL MOVE PARADISE
February 24, 2020

Four young black men, torn from the world without warning, discover themselves stuck in a nebulous waiting room in the afterlife. While balancing the reality of their past and the uncertainty of their future, their souls try to find peace in Kill Move Paradise by James Ijames, receiving its Chicago premiere February 12 a?" April 5, 2020 at TimeLine Theatre Company.

VIDEO: Take 5 with Sola Thompson from ECLIPSED at Milwaukee Rep
VIDEO: Take 5 with Sola Thompson from ECLIPSED at Milwaukee Rep
February 21, 2020

Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents Eclipsed written by Black Panther and 'Walking Dead' star Danai Gurira in the Quadracci Powerhouse, March 3 - 29, 2020. Take 5 with one of the show's stars, Sola Thompson, below!

TV: Couple Gets Engaged Onstage at BLUE MAN GROUP Performance!
TV: Couple Gets Engaged Onstage at BLUE MAN GROUP Performance!
February 20, 2020

Over the weekend, as most of the city recovered from chocolate candy hangovers, love was still in the air at the Astor Place Theatre, where Omid Sadigh proposed to his girlfriend Cheryl, LIVE during a Blue Man Group show.

Review Roundup: WEST SIDE STORY Opens On Broadway - See What the Critics Are Saying!
Review Roundup: WEST SIDE STORY Opens On Broadway - See What the Critics Are Saying!
February 20, 2020

Tonight, tonight! Tony Award winner Ivo van Hove's new production of West Side Story opens tonight at the Broadway Theatre.

BWW Flashback: Tracy Letts' Greatest Moments on Stage and Screen
BWW Flashback: Tracy Letts' Greatest Moments on Stage and Screen
February 24, 2020

See how Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner, Tracy Letts, has been spending his time in the decade since his last work took its final New York bow.

VIDEO: Todrick Hall and More React to MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE at Peacock Theatre
VIDEO: Todrick Hall and More React to MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE at Peacock Theatre
February 19, 2020

Sadler's Wells and Universal Music UK present Message In A Bottle, a new dance theatre production by Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, set to the music of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting.



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