 In 1985, Alvarado took on the role of Anne Frank in the off-Broadway musical "Yours, Anne".The following year, she starred as the title character in "Maggie Magalita", another off-Broadway production.Her next roles—the young Lisa Titus in the ill-fated 1987 film "The Chair", the tough, smart-aleck May "Mooch" Stark in the frank, girl-dominant teen movie "Satisfaction"—led up to playing the daughter of Stella Claire (portrayed by Bette Midler), in another version of "Stella".