How ‘West Side Story’ Star David Alvarez Went From 14-Year-Old Tony Winner to the Army and Back Again

David Alvarez won a Tony Award at the age of 15 for playing the title role in “Billy Elliott.” He is one of the youngest people to ever win a Tony Award and, seemingly, the opportunities on Broadway and Hollywood were bright and prosperous. He’d been dancing and on stage since he was a kid, but he made a decision few would expect.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”“Star Wars” really is about the fans.So much so that some of the most die-hard will be seen in the Disney Plus series “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” starring Ewan McGregor.So says Maya Erskine, the “Pen15” co-creator and co-star who appears in the “Star Wars” spinoff.

A sequel to the musical West Side Story is in the works and it will focus on what happens to Maria after the death of Tony.

Ansel Elgort had some fun in the sun with his girlfriend Violetta Komyshan on the heels of the release of Steven Spielberg's highly-anticipated remake of "West Side Story" he stars in. Elgort, 27, and his high school sweetheart were spotted hitting up a beach while vacationing in Hawaii this week.The two sported big smiles as they splashed around in the ocean.  In the photos, the two put their fit figures on full display.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorLady Gaga has had three major acting roles. All have been anything but lighthearted material.She first showed her dramatic chops as a vampire on “American Horror Story: Hotel” in 2015.

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The Color Purple, and the glitzy “Anything Goes” opening of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSteven Spielberg has a simple reason for why he made sure Latino characters were played by Latino actors in his “West Side Story” adaptation.“This is the way to do it,” the director said Tuesday at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “This is the way we are in this world.

A24 presents Red Rocket in six theaters this weekend ahead of a limited expansion in New York and LA, adding Chicago, Austin and San Francisco next weekend with a wider rollout over the holidays to several hundred screens.

West Side Story is hitting theaters this weekend, and critics are weighing in about the highly anticipated retelling of the classic musical!

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorTom Holland is heading back into the dance studio to prepare for his role as Fred Astaire in an upcoming biopic about the legendary entertainer.

Meeting the man behind the music was a dream come true for the cast of “West Side Story”.

Clayton Davis Kristie Macosko Krieger, one of the producers for Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” says there was no way they could have pulled off shooting the 20th Century Studios remake without the aesthetic backdrop and financial incentives that the state of New Jersey provided. “We looked all around, and Paterson, N.J.

Rachel Zegler completely stuns at the premiere of West Side Story held at El Capitan Theatre on Tuesday night (December 7) in Los Angeles.

Vox Cinemas, the Middle East’s largest exhibition chain, has unveiled an ambitious plan to produce 25 Arabic movies in the next five years. The announcement was made at the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, where Vox Cinemas is the exclusive cinema partner.

The cast of West Side Story share a big laugh during their Town Hall appearance with Jess Cagle held at the SiriusXM Studios on Monday (December 6) in Los Angeles.

according to The Wrap. The movie was initially targeted to open in Saudi Arabia on Dec.

Musical fans in the Gulf states won’t be getting to see the new “West Side Story”.