What a good Day ... actress and singer Melinda Schneider / Pic: Tim Hunter Source: The Daily Telegraph
THE role of the understudy - or in this case underdog - in Melinda Schneider's Doris Day tribute promises to be a walk in the park.
The country music singer is holding open "pawditions" today at 11am at the Lyric Theatre for two pooches to understudy her beloved canine co-stars, cross labrador kelpies Rosie and Daisy.
"They're 13 now and get quite tired so they can't do all the shows. I need two dogs who are obedient, who come when called, sit and stay and don't mind being serenaded by me, of course," Schneider said.
"It doesn't even matter what they look like. All shapes and sizes are welcome."
Doris Day - So Much More Than The Girl Next Door opens at the Lyric Theatre on Friday and runs until November 13.
A year in the making, the concert is Schneider's "homage" to the American actress and singer whose talent first captivated Schneider as a young child.
"I fell in love with her while watching Calamity Jane," she said.
"She exuded fun and people wanted to be around her because of that. This show is full of emotion."
Day herself is too frail to fly to Australia to watch the show but has sent Schneider her blessing.
"She was an animal activist - at last count she was living with 14 dogs - so she loved that the script involved dogs," she said.
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