- Speaks Russian fluently.
- He was the youngest male dancer admitted to the San Diego Academy of Ballet Junior Company.
- Won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for "Billy Elliot" along with fellow cast members David Alvarez and Trent Kowalik.
- Won the Youth America Grand Prix (junior division) when he was 13, as well as the Hope Award a year earlier, in the pre-competitive division.
- National champion of Latin Ballroom in junior and youth divisions.
- Plays piano.
- His parents are Ukrainian Jewish immigrants.
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