Barney's Colorful World! (My Take)

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, 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). Produced by HIT Entertainment, the show toured in North America until November 2004 and was presented by "Toys "R" Us" in that country. In the United States alone, the show was seen by over seven hundred fifty thousand people. Following North America, the show went on to perform in Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico.

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.

Synopsis
Barney has your ticket to adventure as he brings the magic of his colorful stage show to video. Join the purple dino-star and his co-stars, Baby Bop and BJ, as they visit exciting places and make new friends, including a mischievous monkey & a big elephant in the jungle, a playful polar bear & tap-dancing penguins in the arctic, Ginger the dog & two quacking ducks at the beach, and a starfish who sings rock and roll along with a whale who live under the sea!

Act 1
The video opens with people and their children getting their seats ready in the Dodge Theatre before the curtains open to reveal no one there. As the curtains close, the audience hear a male announcer say: "When we play with Barney, we close our eyes and use our imaginations. If you want to play with Barney, use your imagination." By the children and grownups using their imaginations, the show proceeds to begin. Barney springs to life from behind the curtain and the 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".

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 Laura, Jackson, David & Stacy 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. David shows off his toy airplane, Laura shows off her toy boat, Jackson shows off his toy bus and Stacy 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, David'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. Donny then thanks Barney for taking them to the jungle. BJ adds that it was great but a little too green, and suggested they go someplace else with a different color. Barney then adds that they'll go someplace with no greenery at all. He leaves the stage and then comes back with Jackson's toy bus, which is now a real one, called the "Imagination Express". As BJ and Baby Bop board the bus, Barney invites everyone to sing "The Wheels on the Bus" as they continue their travels. They soon arrive at their next destination and Barney goes to park the bus. When Barney returns to the stage, he's seen in winter clothes as he reveals they traveled to the arctic. Baby Bop, BJ and the children begin to feel cold, prompting them to go get some winter clothes. As they return the children thank Barney for the winter clothes, in which Barney stated that he didn't put them where they found them. BJ wonders as to who put them where they were, prompting him to run away at the sight of a polar bear. Everyone proceeds to sing ""It's C-C Cold BRRRR!". After the song and the polar bear leaves, David then notices something waddling on stage. No one else notices, prompting Barney to ask the audience if they saw anything. As they look around, they soon see two penguins who begin to dance, queuing the song "Look at Me I'm Dancing!". During the song, Barney comes out ice skating and then Laura pushes him backstage. After the song, the sky becomes dark, in which Barney explains that it's the norther lights. Because of the many colors that appear, everyone sings "The Rainbow Song". Baby Bop soon begins to feel cold, and Barney tells her that the next place their going is somewhere warm.

Act 2
Laura's toy boat, which is now a real boat, is now seen on stage and they all sail to the next place while singing "I'd Love to Sail". Upon arrival, Barney goes to put the ship away and everyone wonders as to where they are. Barney informs everyone that they are at the beach. Upon walking on the sand, the sand becomes hot for Baby Bop's feet, prompting her to hop up and down and for everyone to sing "The Baby Bop Hop". After the song ends, the sand no longer feels hot to Baby Bop's feet. Mike soon begins to feel hot with all the sunshine, which prompts Barney to give everyone sunglasses and sunscreen. The sunscreen bottle becomes empty when it's BJ's turn for sunscreen, in which then Baby Bop finds a bigger bottle to squeeze on him. Upon seeing the bottle BJ runs away from Baby Bop as Barney and the children sing "Mr. Sun". At the end of the song, Baby Bop squeezes a large amount of sunscreen on BJ. Baby Bop notices that the audience didn't get any sunscreen and hints that she'll squeeze some on the audience. Before she can squeeze any, BJ comes back out with Ginger the dog. Barney thinks that Ginger wants to play a game, which they eventually sing the song "BINGO". Ginger leaves, making Donny think that she went to dig in the sand. This prompts the gang to make a sandcastle while singing "Castles So High". After the song, Ducks waddle onto the stage and everyone sings "The Duckies Do". After the song, the gang assumes that the ducks went back in the water, which prompts a conversation about water. BJ, Baby Bop and the children then ask Barney if they can take a trip under the sea. Using their imaginations, they arrive on the ocean floor. Noticing that there aren't any fish, Barney asks the audience to hold up their fishes and wave them around. Everyone then sings "If I Lived Under the Sea". After the song ends, Mike wants everyone to look inside a pirate's chest. Upon opening the chest, bubble float out and they all sing the song "Bubbles". After the song ends, BJ suggests they close the chest as they won't find any gold. Gina suggests that they might find goldfish instead, which prompts a conversation about fish. Baby Bop says that her favorite fish is a starfish, which prompts a starfish (appearing like Elvis Presley) to appear and sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". After the starfish leaves, everyone thanks Barney for bringing them under the sea. Barney suggests that they should thank the audience due to them using their imaginations to make everything happen, which queues the song "Just Imagine" As the song is sung, a whale comes out on stage and eventually goes back stage as the song ends. Because the audience used their imaginations, Barney, BJ Baby Bop and the children say thank you to them. Everyone then reflects that their trip took them to lots of colorful places, which prompts them to sing "Colors All Around". During the song, the curtain opens to see Gina's toy globe become giant and all the animals around it. After the song, Barney tells the audience that what makes the world so special is sharing it with people we love, which queues "I Love You" to be sung. Everyone waves goodbye after the song and Barney blows a kiss to the audience.

As confetti falls, everyone starts to leave the theatre as the credits roll.

Dinosaurs

 * Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Patrick Mcalister / Rick Starkweather)
 * Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jennifer Barlean / Matthew N. Myers)
 * BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jerad Harris / Dave Kendall)

Children

 * Laura (Julia Nicholson)
 * Stacy (Alyssa Franks)
 * Jackson (Daven Wilson)