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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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Follies



VIDEO: On This Day, March 19: Kander and Ebb's CABARET Saunters Onto Broadway
VIDEO: On This Day, March 19: Kander and Ebb's CABARET Saunters Onto Broadway
March 19, 2018

On this day in 1998, Roundabout's sumptuous revival of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret opened on Broadway starring Alan Cumming and Natasha Richardson.

TAKEN Jumps +43% Week To Week In Total Viewers To A New Season High; DATELINE #1 In Total Viewers At 10 P.M.
TAKEN Jumps +43% Week To Week In Total Viewers To A New Season High; DATELINE #1 In Total Viewers At 10 P.M.
March 17, 2018

“Taken” (0.5/2 in 18-49, 3.2 million viewers overall from 9-10 p.m. ET):

VIDEO: James Corden and the Cast of A WRINKLE IN TIME Bring the Literary Classic to the Stage!
VIDEO: James Corden and the Cast of A WRINKLE IN TIME Bring the Literary Classic to the Stage!
March 17, 2018

Last night, the star-studded cast of Disney's new adventure flick, A Wrinkle in Time, stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden. Under Corden's strict direction the A-listers hit the stage for a low-budget adaptation of their big-budget film. See Oprah, Reese Witherspoon and more take to the stage for A Wrinkle in Time the Play!

Video: Highlights From This Week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO
Video: Highlights From This Week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO
March 17, 2018

Check out highlights from “Real Time with Bill Maher” for Friday, March 16, 2018. 

VIDEO: Harry Connick Jr. Tries His Hand at RIVERDANCE for St. Patty's Day!
VIDEO: Harry Connick Jr. Tries His Hand at RIVERDANCE for St. Patty's Day!
March 16, 2018

He can jam, but can Harry jig? Find out when he tries to Riverdance this week to celebrate St. Patty's Day on HARRY!

New Film GONE ARE THE DAYS Opens 3/23
New Film GONE ARE THE DAYS Opens 3/23
March 16, 2018

Oculi Entertainment, Directional Entertainment are proud to announce the release of their new film Gone Are the Days, an early twentieth-century Old West drama starring, Golden Globe nominee, Lance Henriksen and Academy Award nominee Tom Berenger, and also starring Danny Trejo, directed by Mark Landre Gould.

Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Kyle Maclachlan And Kathrine Narducci Join Tom Hardy In FONZO
Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Kyle Maclachlan And Kathrine Narducci Join Tom Hardy In FONZO
March 16, 2018

BRON announced today that Linda Cardellini, Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon, Golden Globe winner Kyle MacLachlan and Kathrine Narducci will join Academy Award nominee Tom Hardy in the Al Capone bio-pic Fonzo, written and to be directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle).

VIDEO: On This Day, March 16- Happy Birthday, Victor Garber!
VIDEO: On This Day, March 16- Happy Birthday, Victor Garber!
March 16, 2018

Today, we want to wish a happy and profitable birthday to Hello Dolly's current Horace Vandergelder, Victor Garber!

Dean John Wilson to Join Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe in THE KING AND I; Three Week Extension Announced
Dean John Wilson to Join Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe in THE KING AND I; Three Week Extension Announced
March 15, 2018

Looks like the West End will be getting to know Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe. According to a report by the Daily Mail, Lincoln Center Theater's production of THE KING AND I 'has its eye on the London Palladium for a limited season next year.'

Review Roundup: Did Critics Find Paradise at ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE?
Review Roundup: Did Critics Find Paradise at ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE?
March 15, 2018

Imagine a place where the sun is hot, the water's warm, and the drinks are as cold as they are plentiful. Welcome to Margaritaville, the island paradise where city folk get away from it all, and the locals get into the kind of trouble you can almost always sweet talk your way out of. Take a nice long break from your troubles, make some new friends at the bar, and kick back to the soothing sounds of the kettledrum. It doesn't get much better than this.

VIDEO: On This Day, March 15- Broadway Grows Accustomed to MY FAIR LADY
VIDEO: On This Day, March 15- Broadway Grows Accustomed to MY FAIR LADY
March 15, 2018

On this day in 1956, Broadway audiences fell in love with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison as they opened in My Fair Lady at the Mark Hellinger Theater.

Ido Samuel Does Star Turn In MY COUSIN Debuting At Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival Sunday
Ido Samuel Does Star Turn In MY COUSIN Debuting At Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival Sunday
March 14, 2018

Ido Samuel grew up dreaming of coming to America one day. When his career goals led him to come to Hollywood, it was not easy for the young Israeli actor to leave his family and familiar world behind for a new life; but when he finally seized the opportunity and moved here, he knew he had made the right choice.

JINN Actress Upasana Beharee Takes Time's Up To Heart
JINN Actress Upasana Beharee Takes Time's Up To Heart
March 14, 2018

Actor/writer/director and comedian Upasana Beharee has made it her mission to portray women's myriad of experiences on screen; in provocative work that often deals with hypocrisy in society, she explores themes like female sexuality and how society wants to dictate what a woman's sexuality should look like.

VIDEO: On This Day, March 14- VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Opens on Broadway
VIDEO: On This Day, March 14- VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Opens on Broadway
March 14, 2018

On this day in 2013, Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning Best Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike opened on Broadway.

Susan Stroman-Helmed LITTLE DANCER Will Get West Coast Premiere at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre
Susan Stroman-Helmed LITTLE DANCER Will Get West Coast Premiere at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre
March 14, 2018

Next spring, The Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre will bring to life a sumptuous new musical, Little Dancer (March 22 - April 14, 2019), based on the famed impressionist masterpiece by Edgar Degas and the unknown dancer who inspired it. This glorious new musical in development features some of the most sophisticated names on Broadway at the creative table with music and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics and book by Lynn Ahrens (the team behind Ragtime and Once on This Island) and direction and choreography by five-time Tony Award® winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, Crazy for You).

VIDEO: On This Day, March 13- ROCKY Steps Into the Ring For Opening Night on Broadway
VIDEO: On This Day, March 13- ROCKY Steps Into the Ring For Opening Night on Broadway
March 13, 2018

Put up your dukes today as we take step into the ring to celebrate the musical theatre take on the 1976 Best Picture, Rocky, which opened on Broadway on this day in 2014.

TV: Take An Extended Look at New Musical Drama RISE, Premiering Tonight on NBC!
TV: Take An Extended Look at New Musical Drama RISE, Premiering Tonight on NBC!
March 13, 2018

Inspired by a true story, when dedicated teacher and family man Lou Mazzuchelli follows his dream of leading his high school's lagging theatre department, he not only galvanizes the students and faculty, but their entire working-class town. Rise premieres TONIGHT 10/9 on NBC.

TV: Joshua Harmon's ADMISSIONS Makes the Grade at Lincoln Center
TV: Joshua Harmon's ADMISSIONS Makes the Grade at Lincoln Center
March 12, 2018

ADMISSIONS opens this evening, Monday, March 12 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 West 65 Street). Ben Edelman, Andrew Garman, Jessica Hecht, Ann McDonough, and Sally Murphy star in this new play by Joshua Harmon, directed by Daniel Aukin. Check out highlights from the play below!

5th Avenue Theatre to Launch New Season with National Tour of COME FROM AWAY
5th Avenue Theatre to Launch New Season with National Tour of COME FROM AWAY
March 12, 2018

The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced an incredible six-show lineup for its 2018/19 season, which includes launching the national tour of the acclaimed sensation Come From Away, the timeless beloved musical Annie, rock 'n' roll hit parade Rock of Ages, the sumptuous West Coast premiere of Little Dancer, a lavish and loving staging of the iconic West Side Story and an exciting new collaboration with ACT - A Contemporary Theatre-Urinetown. Additionally, The 5th will host a one week run of the national tour of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.

Video Flashback: Newfoundland Meets Broadway on Opening Night of COME FROM AWAY!
Video Flashback: Newfoundland Meets Broadway on Opening Night of COME FROM AWAY!
March 12, 2018

COME FROM AWAY opened last night on Broadway, officially sharing the tale of a remarkable little town in Newfoundland with theatre goers. Come From Away features Petrina Bromley (Stratford's As You Like It); Geno Carr (The Old Globe's Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas); Jenn Colella(If/Then); Joel Hatch (Annie); Rodney Hicks (The Scottsboro Boys); Kendra Kassebaum (Wicked); Tony Award nominee Chad Kimball(Memphis); Lee MacDougall (Stratford's The Music Man); Caesar Samayoa(Sister Act); Q. Smith (Mary Poppins); Astrid Van Wieren (North American premiere of Mamma Mia!); Sharon Wheatley (Avenue Q); Josh Breckenridge (The Scottsboro Boys); Susan Dunstan (The Lion King US National Tour); Tamika Lawrence (If/Then) and Tony LePage (Rock of Ages).



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