good job. >> reporter: working with shelters nationwide to find the right canine candidates, berloni his team of seven trainers get them ready for live theater, where anything can happen. >> pretty, pretty, pretty! >> reporter: and the dogs end up working alongside the best in the biz. >> oh! >> reporter: including six-time tony winner audra mcdonald. >> if you can just hold for me. >> reporter: berloni's dog june is in the production of "gypsy." just an hour before show time, what is the routine like for these guys? >> we get them in, get off their coats and let them decompress a little bit. >> hi, sweetie. hi, swietie. >> reporter: before showdown, audra stepped by the dressing room. they were rescued just four months out from the first show. >> to go from an indiana animal shelter to playing this big role on broadway, that's something. >> reporter: it is something. it's showing people that you could have adopted this dog before bill did, and you would have had that dog. >> reporter: after all the performance and accolades, when it's time to retire, the dogs head back home with ber