Sugar Babies - Ep 2: Rhonda’s Rewind

[@kraken138]

I'm a huge Mickey Rooney fan and it is always interesting to hear first person accounts of him in life.

[@MrPerryGrant]

Such a beautiful memory. I also knew Annie and she was absolutely a very special kind lovely lady. Thankyou for sharing your memories .I saw you many times at the Savoy theatre until it abruptly closed .. what a shock that was for everyone but Mickey wanted to go home and that was that. The stories she would tell me about him too!

[@mistychenoweth9716]

So awesome. Thx so much.

[@DanInLA4U]

This epi was fantastic!! I sat in the pit for Sugar Babies to sub for the pianist on bway and the 2 of them did the exact performance every show Breath for breath. They were brilliant on stage and what an amazing show. I forgot about the birds! Love your clip! Thanks so much!

[@vitavasta5491]

Fabulous. My school friend Belinda Jane Angel was in the chorus for the sugar babies run in Sydney. Back in 1985. We were in year 9!!! Great stories. Thanks for sharing x

[@davidtate7372]

Being an ex-hoofer myself from the UK, I met Ann Miller when I was living in LA. back in the mid-80s. While I and a friend were watching a matinee movie on the la Cienega strip in Hollywood, a new film starring Shirley McClain. You could, in the darkness of the movie house, hear these three women, about five rows back, dishing the dirt on Shirley McClain wondering why she, Shirley, said yes to doing this (bad) movie. One of those women five rows behind sounded just like Ann Miller. Ann definitely had her own recognizable tone of voice. I could not help myself and had to sneak back to see if it was in fact the Ann Miller. To my pleasant surprise, it was she, along with two other well-known Hollywood stars of the day, Rosemary Clooney, and the other friend whom I recognized but could not recall her name. I quietly introduced myself as a dancer from the UK and Ann Miller responded in a very friendly manner. She asked my name and then introduced me to her two friends who both said hi. :)

[@NessButterfly74]

I loved Sugar Babies! You were fantastic. It was my very first musical & I saw it live at Her Majesty’s in Sydney in ‘87 I think with my mum. There was Garry McDonald, Marty Coffey, Joan Brockenshire & one of my dance teachers Miss Margaret was in the chorus & she did the fan dance in the show. I remember meeting Miss Margaret at the stage door & going backstage & meeting everyone & getting autographs! Eddie Bracken was lovely, Joan not so much! But then she’d just gotten off stage & was meeting this little 12 year old. I think I may have met you as well possibly? Anyway I loved it & you were fab!

[@laramulcahyofficial]

The fanny bird was killin me 🤣🤣 Ray didn’t know where to look !

[@rhondaburchmore6852]

She was special indeed x 😱

[@michaellipman6474]

Fabulous!!

[@helenahayes6150]

These little 17 minute videos are fabulous. Feels like having an old friend in my lounge room having dinner with me telling me these wonderful stories of years gone by. What an amazing life. Just subscribed.

[@rhondaburchmore6852]

Thank you for your lovely comment Helena xx

[@adamsmith9625]

Shaking the blues away has got to be one of my most favourite dance numbers. Hope you are well ,looking fabulous as usual cant wait for another video xxxx

[@sonytatrahar7330]

Sugar babies was my very first musical! My mum took me in 85/86 don’t remember the exact date, but you were in it! I’ve been a huge fan ever since ❤️

[@rhondaburchmore6852]

Thank you Sonyta xx

[@sophie_carter]

Loving these Rhonda! ❤️

[@mcdmcd224]

Couldn't have enjoyed that more than I did. Go my girl!

[@duncanmccann2715]

Oh man I enjoyed that! I saw the show at the Savoy three times and loved it every time (Mickey must have been behaving). A friend of mine was a dresser on the show and asked the girls to make sure we got a garter when they flicked them into the audience, we were centre front and 10 garters rained down on us. I still keep one. Happy, happy memories, thank you. X.

[@rhondaburchmore6852]

Wonderful, thank you Duncan x

[@fakerating]

I enjoyed that!

[@highbaritone]

Great Rhonda. Now we need Marina to do one of these and I’ll be a happy man. ❤️🌹👋

[@JEEPMANAGEMENT]

Thank you Darling Rhonda, this is brilliant xPJ Clarke

[@rhondaburchmore6852]

Love you - please get your wonderful kids to subscribe to find out what it was like in the old days 😂😘😘😘

[@nolamiles2056]

Loving your rewinds Rhonda. Always enjoy a musical. Remember you well in Hot Shoe Shuffle. Will you do a rewind on it and perhaps share David Atkins stories?

[@rhondaburchmore6852]

Next episode is Hot Shoe Shuffle! xx

[@nolamiles2056]

Rhonda Burchmore fabulous!!!!

[@tallpaul521]

Wow! What great stories from Sugar Babies! Ann doing "Shaking The Blues Away" in your apartment!! Would have loved to have seen you in the show. Saw it on tour with Rooney and Miller. Just before it hit Houston, where I live (Ann was a Texan, raised and began dancing in Houston) she had to drop out due to a foot injury -- Carol Lawrence filled in. It was great, but I wanted to see Miller. A few weeks later she was back in the tour, so I flew to Dallas to see the show. Most fun I've ever had in a theater -- apart from being on stage. Met Rooney and Miller and they were both gracious enough to sign a couple of original MGM posters. Rooney's first words to me were, "You're a tall son of a bitch". Loved the clip from the TV show of "Warm and Willing"...that was the "must be a good sport" part of your job description for your role. Being a magician, I know what it's like to work with pigeons. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful memories!

[@theminniecooper]

Is true Ann Miller would introduce herself “Hi! I’m Annie Miller the Star!? By the way I loved these Golden age of Hollywood stars myself. I remember when we saw Donald O’Connor when we where in London I couldn’t believe it x

[@rhondaburchmore6852]

Yes ! - I heard her introduce herself few times as such 😂

[@judeboughton2721]

Omg I can't believe they made you do that with the birds. I am so sorry.