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Barney's Colorful World was a stage show based on the Barney franchise. The show was first performed in January 2003 and toured until late 2004. In this stage show, Barney & his friends go around the world with the power of imagination. The video of the stage show was taped at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2004, and released in September 2004.[1]

Directed byJim Rowley
Written byStephen White
Produced byCharlotte Spivey
StarringDean Wendt
Julie Johnson
Patty Wirtz
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Barney's Colorful World
Directed byJim Rowley
Written byStephen White
Produced byCharlotte Spivey
StarringDean Wendt
Julie Johnson
Patty Wirtz
Music byJoe Phillips
Production
company
Distributed byHIT Entertainment
Release date
  • September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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Cast

The following cast members were in the video release of "Colorful World." Other actors have been in the show as well, but are not listed.[2]

  • Dean Wendt as the voice of Barney
    • Patrick Mcalister and Rick Starkweather as Barney's costumed actors
  • Julie Johnson as the voice of Baby Bop
    • Jennifer Barlean and Matthew N. Myers as Baby Bop's costumed actors
  • Patty Wirtz as the voice of BJ
    • Dave Kendall and Jerad Harris as BJ's costumed actors

Cast from Stage Production

  • Sarah (Vernon) Swartz as Barney[3]

Additional Cast (UK)


New Footage (US)

  • Daven Wilson as Jackson
  • Alyssa Franks as Stacy
  • Julia Nicholson as Laura
  • Mauri Howell as Mom

Songs

Act 1

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

Act 2

  1. "I'd Love to Sail"
  2. "The Baby Bop Hop"
  3. "Mr. 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"

Tour Dates

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Date City Country Venue
January 17, 2003 Memphis United States Mid-South Coliseum
January 18, 2003
January 19, 2003
January 23, 2003 New York City Radio City Music Hall
January 24, 2003
January 25, 2003
January 26, 2003
January 30, 2003 Philadelphia First Union Spectrum
January 31, 2003
February 1, 2003
February 4, 2003 Erie Erie Civic Center
February 5, 2003
February 7, 2003 Fairfax Patriot Center
February 8, 2003
February 9, 2003
February 11, 2003 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
February 12, 2003
February 14, 2003 Wilkes-Barre First Union Arena
February 15, 2003
February 16, 2003
February 19, 2003 Wallingford Oakdale Theatre[5]
February 20, 2003
February 21, 2003
February 28, 2003 Milwaukee US Cellular Arena
March 1, 2003
March 2, 2003
March 4, 2003 Springfield Prairie Capital Convention Center
March 5, 2003
March 13, 2003 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre
March 14, 2003
March 15, 2003
March 16, 2003
March 19, 2003 Moline Mark of the Quad Cities
March 20, 2003
March 21, 2003 Cleveland CSU Convocation Center
March 22, 2003
March 23, 2003
March 25, 2003 Columbus Nationwide Arena
March 26, 2003
March 28, 2003 Louisville Broadbent Arena
March 29, 2003
March 30, 2003
April 1, 2003 Madison Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum
April 2, 2003
April 4, 2003 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
April 5, 2003
April 6, 2003
April 10, 2003 Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills
April 11, 2003
April 12, 2003
April 13, 2003
April 15, 2003 Topeka Kansas Expocentre
April 16, 2003
April 18, 2003 Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
April 19, 2003
April 22, 2003 Evansville Roberts Stadium
April 23, 2003
April 25, 2003 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
April 26, 2003
April 27, 2003
April 29, 2003 Tulsa Tulsa Convention Center
April 30, 2003
May 2, 2003 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
May 3, 2003
May 4, 2003
May 6, 2003 Bossier City CenturyTel Center
May 7, 2003
May 9, 2003 Dallas Reunion Arena
May 10, 2003
May 11, 2003
May 13, 2003 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
May 14, 2003
May 16, 2003 Greenville Bi-Lo Center
May 17, 2003
May 18, 2003
September 5, 2003 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
September 6, 2003
September 7, 2003
September 30, 2003 Huntsville Von Braun Center
September 31, 2003
October 1, 2003
October 7, 2003 Mobile Mobile Civic Center
October 8, 2003
October 17, 2003 Oklahoma City Cox Convention Center[6]
October 18, 2003
October 19, 2003
October 21, 2003 Cedar Rapids US Cellular Center
October 22, 2003
October 28, 2003 Council Bluffs Mid-America Center
October 29, 2003
October 31, 2003 St. Louis Family Arena
November 1, 2003
November 2, 2003
November 4, 2003 Dayton Nutter Center
November 5, 2003
November 7, 2003 Toronto Canada SkyDome
November 8, 2003
November 9, 2003
November 11, 2003 Ottawa Corel Centre
November 12, 2003
November 14, 2003 Albany United States Pepsi Arena
November 15, 2003
November 16, 2003
November 18, 2003 Indianapolis Pepsi Coliseum
November 19, 2003
November 21, 2003 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
November 22, 2003
November 23, 2003
December 2, 2003 Durham Whittemore Center Arena
December 3, 2003
December 5, 2003 Trenton Sovereign Bank Arena
December 6, 2003
December 7, 2003
December 9, 2003 Reading Sovereign Center
December 10, 2003
December 12, 2003 Worcester Worcester Centrum Center
December 13, 2003
December 14, 2003
December 16, 2003 State College Bryce Jordan Center
December 17, 2003
December 19, 2003 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
December 20, 2003
December 21, 2003
December 29, 2003 Norfolk Scope Arena
December 30, 2003
January 2, 2004 Cincinnati US Bank Arena
January 3, 2004
January 4, 2004
January 6, 2004 Chattanooga UTC McKenzie Arena
January 7, 2004
January 9, 2004 Mobile Mobile Civic Center
January 10, 2004
January 13, 2004 Macon Macon Coliseum
January 14, 2004
January 16, 2004 Charlotte Cricket Arena
January 17, 2004
January 18, 2004
January 20, 2004 Little Rock Alltel Arena
January 21, 2004
January 23, 2004 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex
January 24, 2004
January 25, 2004
January 29, 2004 Atlanta Atlanta Civic Center
January 30, 2004
January 31, 2004
February 1, 2004
February 3, 2004 Columbus Columbus Civic Center
February 4, 2004
February 6, 2004 Miami UM Convocation Center
February 7, 2004
February 8, 2004
February 10, 2004 Fort Myers TECO Arena
February 11, 2004
February 17, 2004 Sunrise Office Depot Center
February 18, 2004
February 20, 2004 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
February 21, 2004
February 22, 2004
March 5, 2004 Los Angeles Kodak Theatre
March 6, 2004
March 7, 2004
March 12, 2004 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
March 13, 2004
March 14, 2004
March 16, 2004 Long Beach Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
March 17, 2004
March 19, 2004 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
March 20, 2004
March 21, 2004
March 23, 2004 Bakersfield Centennial Garden
March 24, 2004
March 26, 2004 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
March 27, 2004
March 28, 2004
March 29, 2004
March 30, 2004 San Jose HP Pavilion
March 31, 2004
April 2, 2004 Oakland The Arena in Oakland
April 3, 2004
April 4, 2004
April 6, 2004 Fresno Save Mart Center
April 7, 2004
April 9, 2004 Sacramento Arco Arena
April 10, 2004
May 21, 2004 Nottingham United Kingdom Nottingham Arena
May 22, 2004
May 23, 2004
May 25, 2004 Newcastle Telewest Arena
May 26, 2004
May 28, 2004 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
May 29, 2004
May 30, 2004
May 31, 2004
June 2, 2004 London Wembley Arena
June 3, 2004
June 4, 2004
June 5, 2004
June 6, 2004
June 10, 2004 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
June 11, 2004
June 12, 2004
June 13, 2004
June 15, 2004 Belfast United Kingdom Odyssey Arena
June 16, 2004
June 18, 2004 Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
June 19, 2004
June 20, 2004
June 22, 2004 Cardiff Cardiff International Arena
June 23, 2004
June 25, 2004 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
June 26, 2004
June 27, 2004
June 29, 2004 Aberdeen P&J Live
June 30, 2004
July 2, 2004 Glasgow Braehead Arena
July 3, 2004
July 4, 2004
September 7, 2004 Green Bay United States Resch Center
September 8, 2004
September 10, 2004 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre
September 11, 2004
September 12, 2004
September 14, 2004 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Arena
September 15, 2004
September 17, 2004 Minneapolis Target Center
September 18, 2004
September 19, 2004
September 21, 2004 Huntington Big Sandy Superstore Arena
September 22, 2004
September 24, 2004 Toronto Canada SkyDome
September 25, 2004
September 26, 2004
September 27, 2004 Ottawa Corel Centre
September 28, 2004
September 30, 2004 New York United States Radio City Music Hall
October 1, 2004
October 2, 2004
October 3, 2004
October 5, 2004 Lowell Tsongas Arena
October 6, 2004
October 8, 2004 Wallingford Oakdale Theater
October 9, 2004
October 10, 2004
October 12, 2004 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
October 13, 2004
October 19, 2004 Austin Frank Erwin Center
October 20, 2004
October 22, 2004 Dallas Nokia Live Theatre
October 23, 2004
October 24, 2004
November 14, 2004 Carbondale SIU Arena
November 15, 2004
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Production

Barney's Colorful World! was initially slated to begin touring in September 2002, but was eventually postponed by a few months. The inspiration behind Barney's Colorful World! came from the desire of scriptwriter Stephen White to have interesting and varied looks and environments for the stage to keep things interesting.

Casting

Cast members from Barney & Friends such as Katherine Pully, who portrayed "Beth" and Hayden Tweedie who portrayed "Sarah" were asked to take part in the tour. Tweedie reprised her role however Pully ultimately declined.[7] During production of the tour, Sarah Vernon Swartz and Corby Sullivan, who would portray Barney within the original production of the tour, were trained by David Joyner, the original body of Barney on Barney & Friends, to do the signature 360 spin in New York.[3]

The performances in Mexico and Puerto Rico were dubbed in Spanish, meaning that the voices of Barney, Baby Bop and BJ were done by Rubén Cerda, Elsa Covián and Love Santini, respectively. From September 2 to December 6, 2004, the role of Gina would be portrayed by Alexandrea Antonio.[8] Also, Jackson, Laura and Stacy can still be seen in several scenes in the UK release of the video amongst many of the audience members who interact with Barney at the auditorium, as the stage performance was taken directly from the US release.

Hayden Tweedie did not reprise her role as Sarah in the video release. Despite this, she is still seen in the book adaptation (which was adapted into a read along for the DVD release).[9]

Release

After a soft run in Memphis, Tennessee,[3] 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. It was resented by Toys "R" Us during its original run and produced by HIT Entertainment. The show toured in North America, Canada, the United Kingdom,[10] Ireland, Mexico, and Puerto Rico until December 2004. In the United States alone, the show was seen by over seven hundred fifty thousand people.[11] It was also performed in Latin America from 2007 to 2009 and 2011.[12][13]

The original run of the tour ran from January 2003 through to November 2004.[14][15][16][17][18][19] During the original run of the tour, Barney performed sing-alongs at hospital Child Life centers in each of the tour cities and donated a library of Barney videos to the hospitals. Fisher-Price also donated Barney toys for playrooms as well.[20] Also during the show's original run, the intermission consisted of Sheryl Leach (the creator of Barney) coming "backstage" to bring roses to Barney in his dressing room and congratulating him on how well the "show" was going so far.

Marketing

To promote the tour, Barney appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly on the day of the show's premiere, January 23, 2003.[21] During his appearance he sang "I Love You" and "If You're Happy and You Know It". Given that the show was presented by Toys "R" Us, children were able to present their stage show ticket stub at their participating stores to get a free "Chat With Me" phone card to call Barney. The store would retain the ticket stub upon issuing Barney's "Chat With Me" phone card, where one card would be issued for each show ticket stub received. Participants then would call the toll-free number. In select cities, Toys "R" Us guests could order tickets before they went on sale to the general public by calling the phone number listed on their website.[22][23] The program won the Silver Pyramid Award at the 26th Annual Promotional Products Association International in 2003.[24] To promote the video release of the tour, Barney, Baby Bop, BJ, and the polar bear from the show performed "It's C-C Cold BRRRR!" for the 78th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in November 2004.

Home media

Barney's Colorful World! was released on VHS and DVD on September 14, 2004. Alongside the filmed performance of the show, the DVD included cast interviews from the children, a read-along, episodes from various HIT Entertainment shows and much more. The Spanish-dubbed version of this video was released in 2008 to commemorate Barney's 20th anniversary. For the DVD release, it contained various episodes from various HIT Entertainment shows under the "HIT Extras" bonus feature. Those included the episodes "Muck Gets Stuck" from Bob the Builder, "Haircut" from The Wiggles, "Sploshy of the Arctic" from Rubbadubbers, "Angelina and Anya" from Angelina Ballerina, "The Treasure Hunt" from Kipper and "Pingu Goes Fishing" from Pingu. On April 22, 2022, the official Barney YouTube channel, managed by 9 Story Media Group at the time, uploaded the show on their platform, with the video uploaded coming from a Barney fan upload on the site. It was later included in the streaming package titled "Barney & Friends Specials", alongside other Barney Home Videos, which began streaming on Tubi on September 29, 2023.

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