Broadway Tails: Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars

Broadway Tails: Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars

Broadway Tails: Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars

Broadway Tails: Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars

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Overview

The sun always comes out tomorrow for the shelter animals Bill Berloni rescues—sometimes from death’s door—and then trains to meet the demands of the stage. Berloni was a nineteen-year-old theater apprentice more then three decades ago when he was offered his first big break: find and train a dog to appear in the original production of the Broadway hit Annie. Defying the odds, he rescued a down-on-his-luck dog from a local shelter and, together, they redefined what animal performers could do. Since then Berloni and his trainers have provided animals for hundreds of films, commercials, and television shows as well as live theater, including productions of The Wizard of Oz and Winn-Dixie, all over North America. In this heartwarming book, he tells the true stories of “throw-away” animals who came back to work with some of entertainment’s biggest names, names like Bernadette Peters, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mike Nichols, the New York City Ballet, and many more. This updated edition includes an account of Berloni’s search for the newest Sandy to star with everyone’s favorite red-headed orphan.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493048304
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 06/01/2020
Edition description: 3rd Edition
Pages: 312
Sales rank: 660,886
Product dimensions: 7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

In 2011, William Berloni received the Tony Honor for Excellence in Theater, the first ever given to an animal trainer. Berloni began his animal training career in 1976 by rescuing a dog from an animal shelter. That dog was the original Sandy in the Broadway musical, Annie, who performed for seven years - the longest for any animal in Broadway history! Sandy was the first animal to play a major character in theater whose actions influenced the outcome of the story. Before that, no-one had been able to train an animal in that capacity for live theater. That breakthrough ultimately led to Mr. Berloni's "star-stuuded" career and continued success as Broadway's premier animal trainer. Since that time, he and his trainers have provided animals for hundreds of films, commercials, television shows and printwork as well as live theater all over North America. When not working, his animals live in humane, loving conditions and while on set, they are handled by caring, professional people who are highly skilled in animal behavior. Regarded as an expert in canine behavior, Mr. Berloni has a BFA in theater and has written Doga (Chronicle Books, 2003). He lives in Middlesex county, Connecticut with his wife Dorothy.   Jim Hanrahan is a writer and Berloni's brother-in law    

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments 1

Chapter 1 Somebody Get a Dog 2

Chapter 2 On Broadway 18

Chapter 3 Camelot's Horrid 32

Chapter 4 Frankenstein's Revenge 42

Chapter 5 Black Cats Are Bad Luck 54

Chapter 6 Who Are You Calling a Pig? 62

Chapter 7 Cameron Mackintosh vs. the Bull Terriers 72

Chapter 8 Anything Goes at Lincoln Center 82

Chapter 9 Sandy Gets Bad Reviews 90

Chapter 10 Going Bugsy 102

Chapter 11 Outfoxed 114

Chapter 12 Annie Gets Her Walking Papers 126

Chapter 13 We're Off to See Roseanne? 136

Chapter 14 Who Invited Your Dog to Dinner? 144

Chapter 15 You Gotta Have a Gimmick 154

Chapter 16 Easy as Pi 164

Chapter 17 Chitty Chitty Bark Bark 176

Chapter 18 Who Are You Calling a Dirty Rat? 188

Chapter 19 A Case of Mistaken Identity 196

Chapter 20 Get with The Group 206

Chapter 21 Phi Beta Bruiser 214

Chapter 22 Thinking about Tomorrow 230

Chapter 23 Send in the Hounds 244

Chapter 24 Pomeranians over Broadway 251

Chapter 25 Where's Billie? 257

Chapter 26 You Can Take It with You 262

Chapter 27 Meet the Queen 264

Chapter 28 A Diva for a Diva 269

Chapter 29 The Wolf of Broadway 272

Chapter 30 Babies and Bunnies and Geese, Oh My! 281

Chapter 31 Because of Winn DixIE 288

Afterword 300

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