Barney: Barney's Colorful World!

***Barney's Colorful World!*** is a stage show that was directed and choreographed by Penny Wilson, written by Stephen White with songs in the show written by various individuals. It is based on the American live-action educational children's television series *Barney & Friends*. After a soft run in Memphis, Tennessee,Purple Roads Episode 106 | Sarah Vernon Swartz | Barney Body Actor the show made its world premiere on January 23, 2003 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York. The show performed in over eighty cities and performed over four-hundred shows.

This was Barney's fifth (major) stage show and third national stage show tour (after *Barney's Big Surprise* and *Barney's Musical Castle*). Presented by "Toys "R" Us" during its original run and produced by HIT Entertainment, the show toured in North America, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland until November 2004. In the United States alone, the show was seen by over seven hundred fifty thousand people.Barney's purple reign *Barney's Colorful World*! also performed in Latin America from 2007 to 2009 and 2011.

On September 14, 2004, *Barney's Colorful World!* was released on VHS and DVD, having the show filmed at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2004. It was the fifth and final Barney stage show to be released on home video and the only stage show to be released on DVD, as well as the last stage show to be released on VHS.

## Plot

### Video

#### Act 1

The video opens at Stacy's bedroom at Stacy's house with the children Jackson, Laura and Stacy putting together a pretend show with plush toys, with Barney as the star. By the children using their imaginations, the show proceeds to begin. Barney springs to life from behind the curtain and the children transition from a room in a house to a theater. As Barney comes out, he skips and bounces around on stage, greeting the audience under the "Barney Theme Song".

 File:Barneyjpg-261109b066ee4040.jpg  Barney becomes very happy to see the audience smiling, prompting him to sing "If You're Happy and You Know It". After the song, Barney wants to introduce some friends of his to the audience, taking them to the park. Upon arriving, Barney doesn't see his friends, and eventually rings the caboose bell to call them out. As the children come out, they join Barney in singing "Being Together". After the song, Barney introduces the audience to Sarah, Donny, Mike, and Gina respectively. Glad that Barney rang the caboose bell, the bell is rang once more, prompting Barney and the children to wonder who rang it. Asking the audience who rang the bell, the audience sees it was Baby Bop prompting her to come out. Seeing the audience, Baby Bop wonders who they are, in which Barney declares that they're friends. Happy to see the audience, Baby Bop invites everyone to say silly things. Barney suggests that she tries an easier activity that everyone knows, queuing up the song "Mr. Knickerbocker". After playing "Mr. Knickerbocker" the children show Barney and Baby Bop toys they were playing with before everyone arrived. Mike shows off his toy airplane, Sarah shows off her toy boat, Donny shows off his toy bus and Gina shows her toy globe. Unsure what game to play with their toys, Barney suggests that the children use the Idea Bench to get an idea of what to do. While going round and round on the Idea Bench, they decide to take a trip around the world.

Using their imaginations, Mike's toy airplane becomes a real airplane, in which BJ appears to be the pilot. Everyone sings "The Airplane Song" and they land in the jungle. As they sing "Jungle Adventure" a monkey comes out on stage and leaves when the song ends. Baby Bop then asks Barney if she can search for another animal. The children wonder as to what she'll find and she soon comes out with an elephant, prompting everyone to sing "The Elephant Song". As the elephant leaves at the end of song, BJ thinks the elephant made loud noises when leaving, in which Barney concluded that it was no longer the elephant but thunder and it begins to rain. Barney suggests that everyone use their imaginations to change the rain into something more fun, in which they all sing "If All the Raindrops". The rain eventually stops.

### Cast

The original cast of *Barney's Colorful World* performed from January 17 to May 18, 2003. This was also the cast that appeared in the book adaptation.

* Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Corby Sullivan/Sarah Vernon Swartz)
* Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jennifer Barlean
* BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jerad Harris / Dave Kendall)
* Mike (N/A)
* Donny (N/A)
* Sarah (Hayden Tweedie)
* Gina (N/A)

## Songs

### Act 1

1. "Barney Theme Song"
2. "If You're Happy and You Know It"
3. "Being Together"
4. "Baby Bop's Tongue Twisters"
5. "Mr. Knickerbocker"
6. "The Airplane Song"
7. "Jungle Adventure"
8. "The Elephant Song"
9. "If All the Raindrops"
10. "The Wheels on the Bus"
11. "It's C-C Cold BRRRR!"
12. "Look at Me I'm Dancing!"
13. "The Rainbow Song"

### Act 2

1. "I'd Love to Sail"
2. "The Baby Bop Hop"
3. "Mister Sun"
4. "BINGO"
5. "Castles So High"
6. "The Duckies Do"
7. "If I Lived Under the Sea"
8. "Bubbles"
9. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
10. "Just Imagine"
11. "Colors All Around"
12. "I Love You"