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Article: Toto unleashed; The Wicked Witch calls Toto a "nauseating little dog," but the Cairn terrier who plays him at the Children's Theatre company is a charmer.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 6, 2004
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Byline: Peg Meier; Staff Writer
Talk about a meteoric rise.
Three years ago, Snickers was a rescued dog awaiting a home. Now she's 3 and a stage star, about to complete her 86-show run as Toto in the Children's Theatre production of "The Wizard of Oz." She'll go to a cast party after the last show Saturday and then be chauffeured home to Connecticut. Her next gig is in June in California.
In Minneapolis, Snickers has an understudy, plus a human handler tending to her every need, an adoring cast and audiences that not once have failed to sigh "ohhhhhh" as she trots onto stage - the very first minute of the play.
She has a bio in the ...