Women who have played orphans in "Annie" are brought together in this documentary. | dG1fSGJvbEZ0LTVYZ1U
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00:00 It's hard to believe that it's been nearly 30 years since Annie opened on Broadway.
00:09 What little girl wouldn't jump at the opportunity to play one of the seven orphans in the musical
00:14 they idolized?
00:16 This is me at age nine.
00:19 I was one of the lucky ones to play an orphan in both the Broadway cast and national tour
00:23 of the show.
00:25 People used to tell me I was going to be a star.
00:29 Signing autographs, meeting celebrities, making personal appearances, all became part of our
00:37 everyday lives.
00:39 Up to that point, we were your typical, everyday, precocious kids.
00:44 Growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, most of us had heard of Annie or sang along
00:49 to the record in our room.
00:52 As luck would have it, we ended up in the show, singing and dancing through eight performances
00:58 a week.
01:00 Many of us left our families, friends, and school to travel around the country in a touring
01:06 company, some for as long as two years.
01:10 But then, just as quickly as it seemed to arrive, it was all gone.
01:18 When our contracts ended, nobody prepared us for our return back home or what was to
01:24 come.
01:28 Twenty years later, I'm still trying to figure it out and wondering, is it just me, or have
01:34 the other girls also struggled with their life after tomorrow?
01:38 The sun will come out tomorrow.
01:45 Bye-bye.
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