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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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LOVE AND LOSS, Featuring Burt Young And Olympia Dukakis, Gets Theatrical And VOD Release This June
LOVE AND LOSS, Featuring Burt Young And Olympia Dukakis, Gets Theatrical And VOD Release This June
June 6, 2018

'Love and Loss', a collection of the five, highest-rated on Amazon short stories from Hewes Pictures, will open theatrically in Somerville, MA, June 8-14th. Featuring Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, and Academy Award nominee Burt Young, these shorts are also currently available on Amazon.

VIDEO: Cincinnati Ensemble Theater Presents HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
VIDEO: Cincinnati Ensemble Theater Presents HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
June 6, 2018

Take a walk on the wild side! Dressed to impress, Todd Almond steps back into the title role of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati's season closer Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Written by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, this award-winning rock musical is an innovative, heartbreaking, and wickedly funny story of a gender-crossed glam rocker determined to become a superstar. The regional revival of ETC's 2001 and 2003 hit production is a rocking ride, entertaining, touching, and ultimately inspiring to anyone who has felt life gave them an inch when they deserved a mile. Playing June 5-July 1, 2018. Directed by D. Lynn Meyers. Presented by The Rosenthal Family Foundation and sponsored by LPK.

VIDEO: Highlights from Goodspeed's New Musical YOU ARE HERE
VIDEO: Highlights from Goodspeed's New Musical YOU ARE HERE
June 5, 2018

July 20, 1969... a man walks on the moon... and Diana, a Chicago housewife, walks out of her comfortable suburban life. Suddenly alone in a fast-changing world, she finds a series of unexpected encounters can turn one small step into a giant, life-changing leap. This intimate, hilarious and heart-breaking tour-de-force musical will leave you cheering for the resilience of the human spirit. Get a preview of the new musical below!

VIDEO: MEAN GIRLS Grey Henson Preps for Tony Night with Broadway's Fab Five
VIDEO: MEAN GIRLS Grey Henson Preps for Tony Night with Broadway's Fab Five
June 5, 2018

The new stars of Queer Eye on Netflix have yet to make a splash in the Big Apple, but five Broadway actors parody the roles of the "Fab Five" with their new project: 2018 Tony Award Nominee Grey Henson currently starring as Damian in Mean Girls on Broadway.

VIDEO: First Look at 5th Avenue Theatre's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
VIDEO: First Look at 5th Avenue Theatre's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
June 5, 2018

This summer The 5th Avenue Theatre is staging an exciting new production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame starring Joshua Castille as Quasimodo. A Deaf actor, Castille is celebrated for his performances in Tribes at ACT Theatre in Seattle and in Spring Awakening with Deaf West on Broadway.

Video Flashback: ANGELS IN AMERICA Begins Its Great Work on Broadway
Video Flashback: ANGELS IN AMERICA Begins Its Great Work on Broadway
June 8, 2018

Today we're celebrating the groundbreaking original production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America, which began its great work on Broadway on this day in 1993. 

VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony, Day 27- David Yazbek's THE FULL MONTY Bares All at the 2001 Tonys!
VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony, Day 27- David Yazbek's THE FULL MONTY Bares All at the 2001 Tonys!
June 7, 2018

On Day 27 of 30 Days of Tony, we're flashing back to the first Tony appearance by The Band's Visit composer (and nominee for Best Original Score) David Yazbeck with his revealing musical adaptation of The Full Monty!

VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony, Day 26- Tony-Winning Revival of CAROUSEL Stuns the 1994 Ceremony
VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony, Day 26- Tony-Winning Revival of CAROUSEL Stuns the 1994 Ceremony
June 6, 2018

On Day 26 of 30 Days of Tony, we flashback to the last (and Tony-winning!) revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical, Carousel, which is nominated yet again this year for Best Revival of a Musical.

VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony, Day 25- Ahrens and Flaherty Bring RAGTIME to Broadway
VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony, Day 25- Ahrens and Flaherty Bring RAGTIME to Broadway
June 5, 2018

On Day 25, we celebrate the composing team behind the hit Broadway revival of Once On This Island, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty!

VIDEO: Westport Country Playhouse Opens 2018 Season with FLYIN' WEST
VIDEO: Westport Country Playhouse Opens 2018 Season with FLYIN' WEST
June 4, 2018

Westport Country Playhouse will open its 2018 Season with an uplifting tale of bravery, pride, and sisterhood, "Flyin' West," written by Pearl Cleage and directed by Seret Scott, playing May 29 through June 16.  This year marks the historic theater's 88th season.

Sutton Foster-Led Series YOUNGER Picked Up For Sixth Season
Sutton Foster-Led Series YOUNGER Picked Up For Sixth Season
June 4, 2018

Just in time for the show's fifth season premiere, TVLand has announced that Younger, the series led by Tony Award-winning actress, Sutton Foster, will be renewed for a sixth season.

VIDEO: The Cast of HEAD OVER HEELS Reveal Their Favorite Go-Go's Songs!
VIDEO: The Cast of HEAD OVER HEELS Reveal Their Favorite Go-Go's Songs!
June 4, 2018

The Broadway-Bound new musical Head Over Heels is currently in performances at San Francisco's Curran Theater. Check out the cast below chatting about their favorite Go-Go's tunes!

BroadwayWorld's 2nd Annual Phonys! 2018 Tony Categories We Wish Existed
BroadwayWorld's 2nd Annual Phonys! 2018 Tony Categories We Wish Existed
June 8, 2018

Each year, the Tony Awards honor Broadway's best and brightest from the current season. And though the awards are many, each year there are a few shows that bring a little something new and different to the stage that deserve their own brand of recognition.

VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony, Day 24- Robert Lopez Nabs A Divine Tony Win for BOOK OF MORMON
VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony, Day 24- Robert Lopez Nabs A Divine Tony Win for BOOK OF MORMON
June 4, 2018

On Day 24 of 30 Days of Tony, we celebrate an iconic artist, who has more than a few previous wins up his sleeve and recently become the first person in history to win a double EGOT, Robert Lopez, who is nominated this year with his wife and songwriting partner, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, for the score of Frozen.

ABC Considers Continuing ROSEANNE Without Title Star
ABC Considers Continuing ROSEANNE Without Title Star
June 1, 2018

Hours after comedian ROSEANNE Barr apologized for posting racially charged tweets about businessman George Soros and former Obama administration adviser Valerie Jarrett, ABC announced the cancellation of 'Roseanne.' ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey called Barr's late-night Twitter tirade about Soros & Jarrett 'abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.'

VIDEO: Cirque Du Soleil Uses Audience Brain Imaging to Build New Works
VIDEO: Cirque Du Soleil Uses Audience Brain Imaging to Build New Works
June 1, 2018

This week, Nightline went behind the scenes of the worldwide avante garde circus troupe, Cirque du Soleil, to check out the latest in theatrical technology: audience brain studies. Check out the video below to see how the Cirque is turning to science to develop new works!

VIDEO: See How Alyse Alan Louis Channels Hillary Clinton in the New Musical SOFT POWER
VIDEO: See How Alyse Alan Louis Channels Hillary Clinton in the New Musical SOFT POWER
June 1, 2018

Check out an in-depth with one of the stars of the new musical Soft Power. Alyse Alan Louis portrays former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the new play with a musical. See what she does to become Hillary below!

VIDEO: Audra McDonald Sings a SOUND OF MUSIC Classic with the New York Philharmonic
VIDEO: Audra McDonald Sings a SOUND OF MUSIC Classic with the New York Philharmonic
June 1, 2018

Check out brand-new video below of opera and Broadway legend, Audra McDonald. tackling 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' from the classic musical The Sound of Music, accompanied by the New York Philharmonic for her Sing Happy concert.

Violet Young to Appear In Nat Geo's Genius: PICASSO
Violet Young to Appear In Nat Geo's Genius: PICASSO
June 1, 2018

This Tuesday, 6/5/18, 10PM EST,  Violet Young appears Opposite Antonio Banderas, as Maya, Picasso's 13 year old daughter, in The Emmy Nominated, Nat Geo's Genius: Picasso.

VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony! Day 23- Mark Rylance Scoops Up A Tony for BOEING, BOEING!
VIDEO: 30 Days of Tony! Day 23- Mark Rylance Scoops Up A Tony for BOEING, BOEING!
June 3, 2018

On Day 23 of 30 Days of Tony, we celebrate one of the greatest stage actors of his generation and a three-time Tony winner, Mark Rylance, who is nominated this year for his work in Farinelli and the King!



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