Mickey Rooney, who has died aged 93, had a long stage career on both sides of the Atlantic. In this archive piece, originally published on 22 September 1988, Michael Billington can't help but enjoy the tacky Sugar Babies at the Savoy in LondonSugar Babies at the Savoy is an exercise in unabashed nostalgia. Although it is a tribute to American burlesque I found myself wafted back to the Hippodromes and variety palaces…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AM on April 7, 2014