Happy National Dog Day! Broadway Goes to the Dogs!

I always chuckle when I hear all of those National XYZ Day announcements. You know, "Happy National Wart Day" or "Today we are celebrating National Belly Button Lint Day" followed by Tweets of said warts and lint (or belly buttons). Well, today is one of those National Days I can get behind. August 26th is National Dog Day!

Of course, by now you know how my mind works. I got to thinking about some of Broadway's most famous dogs. Here are but a few!

DOGS IN SHOW LOGOS

(I know, I know...me and my logos...)

ACTUAL DOGS ON BROADWAY

Maybe the most famous Broadway
pup: Annie's Sandy

Every good dog deserves a revival!

Finding Neverland

Star of Stage and Screen:
Nick and Nora's Asta!

Miss Alice Nutting's pup in The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Legally Blonde's Bruiser and Rufus

PEOPLE PLAYING DOGS ON BROADWAY

Norman Shelly as Nana in
the original cast of Peter Pan

Roger Bart as Snoopy in the 1999 revival of
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Annaleigh Ashford as Sylvia in Sylvia

PEOPLE PLAYING CATS PLAYING DOGS

"The Aweful Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles"
as performed by the Jellicle Cats in Cats

Special thanks to my Twitter pals @GratuitousV, @MattWCody, @DannyAshkenasi, @runter82, @SuzanneCitere, and @spcohen92. Your input on this was invaluable! 😊

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