Barney's Big Surprise (My Version)

(NOTE: THIS IS JUST A FANMADE VARIANT OF THE SHOW IN WHICH THE SONGS CUT FROM THE SHOW ARE PRESENT)

Barney's Big Surprise 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 was the third stage show and the first national stage show tour based on the American live-action educational children's television series Barney & Friends. The show made its world premiere on September 10, 1996 at Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

The show's original run ran from 1996 until 1998. Originally meant to tour in sixty cities, the tour performed in over eighty cities during its original run. Barney's Big Surprise sold nearly two million tickets during the original run. Following the United States and Canada, the show also toured in Mexico and the United Kingdom in its initial run. Subsequent productions of the show were performed in Asia in 2004, Chile in 2005, Argentina in 2006, and in Brazil in 2007. A portion of the proceeds from the tour benefited the Starbright Foundation, which aids seriously ill children.

On May 19, 1998, Barney's Big Surprise was released on VHS, having the show filmed at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in December 1997.

Synopsis
It's BJ's Birthday, and his friends are planning a big party for him in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. And you're all invited to join in on the fun!

Opening
Everyone is walking down the streets of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, while a little girl saw a present that was in a green box and wrapped in a purple bow. She smiled before stepping towards where the box was. As she approached it, the box bounced to another spot. "Huh?" she muttered. Then, much more sneakily, the girl approached the box again, but it bounced away again. Finally, the girl pounced onto the box and laughed. The girl then spotted the gift tag and smiled as she read...'From your best friend, Barney'. "Aww..." she said, then opened the box and a bunch of magic sparkle went around town. Then, the large words "Barney's BIG Surprise!" appear in the sky as the audience go inside the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum to get settled in.

Act 1
The show opens with no one there in the spotlight. The announcer announces that this show is made possible by the audience's imagination. As the lights flash on & off and smoke fills the stage, the "Barney Theme Song" builds, letting everyone know that Barney is about to arrive. Then, it erupts, in which Barney arrives and the lights turn on at the same time. When he arrives, he greets the audience as he skips, jumps, laughs, and spins around with joy. After the song ends, Barney asks the audience if they're ready for a "stuuuuuupendous" time, to which the audience replies with a bug "YES!". Barney then notices that he has so many friends in the audience, that he can’t see everyone’s smiles, leading him into the song, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, so he knows that everyone is happy.

After the song, Barney says that it would make him happy if he introduced the audience to some other friends of his. He then takes the audience to the treehouse where they’re introduced to Stephen, Hannah, Chip, Keesha, Ashley, & Jeff. After introductions, the children show the audience what things they were doing in the treehouse before they arrived, queuing the song “Welcome to Our Treehouse”.

After the song, Chip then notices someone coming. Hannah asks who it is, but Chip can't tell because the person was small & really far away. Hannah then tells Chip that he's got the telescope backward. Sighing, he spun it around to see properly. Hannah then responds that the person is coming right now to which Chip can see. Baby Bop skips onto the stage, singing to herself, much to Barney and the kids' delight. But, upon seeing the audience, she freezes and hides behind the treehouse due to being shy in front of the audience. Barney proceeds to tell her that the people in the audience are friends, making her more comfortable in front of them. Soon, Baby Bop wonders if the audience is here for the big surprise, in which Barney tells them that they don’t know about it. Excited that the audience doesn’t know what the surprise is, she proceeds to hop up and down wanting to tell them, leading into “The Baby Bop Hop” with two brown bunnies appearing in the instrumental break & the last verse of the song. After the song, Barney tells Baby Bop that it’s okay to tell the audience what the surprise is. She proceeds to tell the audience that they’re having a birthday party that everyone is invited to. Soon, BJ comes out on stage with a big drum, giving everyone a clue that it’s his birthday while the kids, Barney, and Baby Bop covering their ears. With each bang on a drum, BJ tells the audience that he’s turning seven. Then, he bangs his drum so loud that everyone covers their ears while Baby Bop yells at BJ that he is being too loud. BJ, Barney and the children then proceed to sing “Happy Birthday to Me” while two birthday presents dance with them.

After the song, Barney and the children tell BJ to stand away from them so they can discuss plans for BJ’s birthday party. As they discuss, BJ tells the audience that he wants a red scooter for his birthday. After Barney and the children finish discussing, BJ wonders if it’s time for his party to start. He discovers that it’s not, as they still have a show to do. Upon realizing this, BJ decides that it would be fun for the audience to pretend to be flying in an airplane, leading into “The Airplane Song”. After pretending to fly, it becomes windy. Due to the wind, Barney gets an idea and whispers it to the kids. Barney has the audience guess what it is. The audience then shouts, "A KITE!" and Barney responds, "A kite, that's right!", leading into the song “My Kite” as everyone flies kites on stage & Baby Bop throwing her yellow blankey in the air, using it as a kite. After the song ends, everyone goes to put their kites away.

Barney then gets a call on the treehouse telephone from Professor Tinkerputt who has a surprise for BJ. Barney then goes to get The Barney Mobile to pay him a visit, bringing along BJ, Baby Bop, Ashley, & Jeff for the ride. The other four kids decide to stay and decorate the treehouse for BJ’s birthday party. As they drive along, they sing the “Driving Medley”, with Ashley and Jeff helping the audience with the actions. As the song ends, they arrive at Professor Tinkerputt’s toy factory. When they arrive, Professor Tinkerputt comes out on stage to greet them. Professor Tinkerputt proceeds to ask if anyone else came with them, in which Barney lets him know that the audience is behind him. Surprised by the audience, he greets them, and then asks if they like “Mr. Knickerbocker” and would like to sing it. Coming from parking The Barney Mobile, Barney, BJ, Baby Bop, Ashley & Jeff come back on stage to sing along. After the song, Professor Tinkerputt shws the audience his toy factory, leading into the song “Tinkerputt’s Song”. \ After the song, Professor Tinkerputt shows everyone around his toy factory, leading into his newest invention which is dancing robots. As Barney and Professor Tinkerputt turn them on, they sing “We Are Little Robots”. After the song, the room goes dark. Barney, Baby Bop, BJ, Ashley, Jeff & Professor Tinkerputt stare in amazement as millions of twinkling stars and the glowing white moon appear as projections on the walls & the curtain while nighttime sounds play in the background, leading them to sing “Listen to the Nighttime”. During the song, when Jeff asks Professor Tinkerputt how he invented all of these nighttime sounds, he says that he didn't invent the sounds, it is the music of nature: a lovely lullaby that plays every night. After the song, the group gets into the topic of BJ’s birthday party, in which Professor Tinkerputt tells Barney that he’ll need his car to drive BJ’s surprise back to the treehouse due to its size. Barney agrees to lend Professor Tinkerputt his car, which makes Baby Bop wonder how they’ll get back to the treehouse. Professor Tinkerputt explains that they’ll fly back with balloons. He tells them that thanks to his balloon machine, they can choose any color balloon they like, leading into the song “The Rainbow Song” with Ashley and Jeff mimicking tap dance moves. After the song, BJ & Jeff wonder where the balloons are. Professor Tinkerputt tells them that they’ll be out in a couple of minutes, leading into intermission as the parents & staff help the kids put on their party hats. The "Barney's BIG Surprise!" then shows up with the words "will be right back after the break".

Act 2
The words "Barney's BIG Surprise!" show up again with "is back. Now, ON WITH THE SHOW!".

After intermission, Ashley and Jeff come out to the stage with Barney, Baby Bop, & BJ following behind them in a hot air balloon singing “Hey, Look at Me! I Can Fly!”. After the song, Baby Bop squeezes a duck call, in which more calls quack in response. The dinos and kids wonder what made the noise, Baby Bop says that it's a whole family of ducks in which four ducks come out on stage. The dinosaurs proceed to sing “Four Little Ducks” as the ducks dance on stage with Ashley and Jeff dancing and quacking with them.

When they land, the curtains open to see that the children have decorated the treehouse and set out treats for BJ’s birthday. Everyone proceeds to sing a reprise of “Happy Birthday to Me”. Everyone then wonders if they can proceed to eat some party treats. Seeing that not all the guests are here, Barney suggests that they imagine eating treats instead, leading into the song “If All the Raindrops”. After the song, BJ wonders if they can play some party games. Barney goes backstage and comes back out dressed as a farmer. Everyone excitedly goes backstage to get ready for the next game, in which then BJ comes out with a banjo, Stephen comes out in a corn costume, and everyone sings “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”. During the song, all the children come out in corn costumes, along with Baby Bop wearing a handkerchief, holding up signs of various farm animals. After the song, Barney suggests to everyone that they need to put away their toys. Everyone proceeds to exit in a line, with Baby Bop being the last one.

Due to her being the last in line, Baby Bop proceeds to question as to why she’s in the back and seeing it as unfair as something sneaks up on her. She then asks the audience if she should be the last in line. The audience proceeds to tell her that someone else is behind her. She gets frightened and the thing behind her runs away. Everyone comes back out on stage trying to chase whatever was behind Baby Bop. Baby Bop notices that it went in the treehouse. When they open the door, they are greeted by Mother Goose. Mother Goose informs everyone that it was Clarence they were chasing as he was on the loose. Barney then suggests that Mother Goose introduce herself to the audience as they might not know her. She then sings “I’m Mother Goose”. After the song, they proceed to have more fun with Mother Goose’s rhymes, leading into “Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Medley” and Old King Cole arriving to the party to sing his self-titled song.

After the songs, Professor Tinkerputt arrives with his surprise. BJ assumes that he brought a red scooter for him. Professor Tinkerputt says that it's not a red scooter, but BJ is okay with it because he is still grateful for the party and all of his best friends being here with him. He discovers that the reason Professor Tinkerputt didn’t get him a red scooter is because that’s what Barney and the others got him. Professor Tinkerputt proceeds to bring the big surprise which he calls it his latest invention. Chip asks what it is and Barney says it's the "Spectacular Spontaneous Perfect Party Pastry Provider". BJ comes back on stage, still happy while riding on his new red scooter. Barney asks if BJ's ready for his big surprise, BJ says "Definitely". Then, Barney and Professor Tinkerputt tell him to...push the red button, much to BJ's confusion, but does it anyways. When the button was pushed, everyone watches in amazement as the big surprise grows into...A GIANT BIRTHDAY CAKE with seven candles on it that rises and inflates on the stage. After the cake grows, everyone sings “Happy Birthday to You” to BJ with the bunnies, robots, dolls, every Nursery Rhyme character, & Old King Cole joining in on the song. After the song, everyone helps BJ blow out the candles, given the massive size of the cake. Barney tells the audience that they'd like all of them to help blow out the candles. When Barney counts to three, everyone will blow out the candles as hard as they can. Before they can do that, BJ thinks of a birthday wish and gets one. Everyone counts to three and everyone blows the candles out on the cake. After the candles are blown out, confetti shoots out and the gang proceeds to sing “I Love You”. After the song, Barney says that it's time to go, but before they do, he says that the audience should give a big round of applause for making the day so extra special. Everyone takes a big bow and waves to the audience as an instrumental underscore of “Everyone is Special” before the curtains close on the scene. Barney then appears from the curtain to say that everyone can't leave without a kiss goodbye. He then blows a kiss to the audience before heading back to join the others and the curtains closing on them and the giant cake, bringing the show to an end as another instrumental underscore of

Dinosaurs

 * Barney (Voice: Bob West, Costume: Carey Stinson)
 * Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jennifer Romano)
 * BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Kyle Nelson)

Children

 * Chip (