Barney Live! In New York City (My Variant)

(NOTE: This also takes place in an AU where the "I Love You" lawsuit doesn't exist.)

Barney Live In New York City (originally titled Barney Live! At Radio City, also known as Barney & Friends: Live in New York City) is a Barney live show that was performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York City from March 5-13, 1994. The show marked being Barney's second major stage show after Barney in Concert in 1991. It was later released on video (filmed at the same location) on August 3, 1994, which became the first Barney video in the Classic Collection series.

Synopsis
Barney and his friends take the stage to delight and entertain everyone at Radio City Music Hall. They all work together to make a special surprise for the audience using items from "The Barney Bag". But before they are able to share it, a new visitor, The Winkster, steals the bag and runs away with it. Throughout the show, the gang tries to catch The Winkster and teach him that it is important to have friends and to share. Also, the chase takes everyone to "Barney's Imagination Circus" with fun-loving clowns and some dancing bears.

Plot
The show opens with the announcer announcing Barney on stage, but as the curtain opens, Barney is nowhere to be seen. Then, a kid explains over the loudspeaker that the only way to make Barney appear is to use your imagination. The announcer tells the audience to imagine, and announces Barney again. Barney's theme song then starts playing as a white smoke cloud appears on stage. Then, Barney arrives, much to the audience's delight. Then, after greeting the audience, Barney sings "The More We Get Together" before thanking the audience for coming to play. He then introduces Kathy, Julie, Derek, Carlos, Tosha, Min, and Shawn, before they all encourage the audience to get up and dance to "Mr. Knickerbocker". Then, Barney decides to head with the kids to the backyard to go and play. The curtain opens to reveal a playground with a slide, a sandbox, a swingset, and a clubhouse. Then, Barney and the kids play "Ring Around the Rosie", before they hear the sound of a tricycle bell. It turns out to be Baby Bop riding her tricycle to join Barney and the kids! She admits that there are a lot of friends in the audience (and that there are much more than 10). Then, Baby Bop takes out her blankey before the kids surprise her. After that, Baby Bop sings "My Yellow Blankey" before the kids get an idea to make something for the audience: a special surprise! They all work together to make their special surprise for the audience using items from "The Barney Bag". But before they are able to share it, a new visitor, The Winkster, sneaks away with the bag! After the Winkster introduces himself through song, Barney, Baby Bop, and the kids catch him with the bag, and then give chase. Barney and his friends are going to need lots of help to catch the Winkster. So Barney asks the audience if they can help them. Fortunately, the audience agrees to help. Then, Barney tells the audience to point and shout "There he is!" whenever they see the Winkster. Just then, the Winkster shows up and the gang starts chasing him. But the Winkster is too fast, and they can't catch him. The Winkster then says "Time for me to go bye-bye! But I'll be back!" and speeds away, the kids remark him as silly. Then Barney and his friends sing "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" before Baby Bop comes in and says "Toot, toot!" Just then, they all hear someone whistling a tune. BJ zooms in on his scooter to join the party, and sings his very own song. Then they all decide to play baseball while singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", but just then, it starts to rain, ending the game. The kids want the rain to go away, but Barney seems to be enjoying it as he dances around. He then cheers the kids up with "If All the Raindrops", and then they all join in. The rain then stops, and then they sing "The Green Grass Grows All Around" and meet a cute little bird. Then they hear a marching band coming before seeing BJ and Baby Bop leading the band. Then the kids grab some instruments and perform "I Am a Fine Musician". Then everyone marches around as Barney tells the audience that it's time to take a break, and to stay tuned. Then they all march to the circus. After the intermission, Barney appears dressed as a ringmaster, welcoming the audience to "Barney's Imagination Circus". Then the kids arrive dressed as fun-loving clowns singing "Boom Boom, Ain't it Great to be Crazy?" before Barney then asks them if they got to the circus in Tosha's clown car. Derek then reveals that they actually got here on the "Clown Bus". It turns out that he was right! BJ and Baby Bop arrive on the bus and sing "The Wheels on the Bus" before Baby Bop decides to do an act on her own. She sings "Three Little Monkeys" with the help of Doctor Shawn. Then, Barney and the kids meet a real live elephant, and sing "Do Your Ears Hang Low". Just then, some clowns bring a dumbbell and drop in on Baby Bop's blankey! "Derek the Incredible" comes to help get the blankey back, but can't seem to be able to lift the dumbbell, much to Baby Bop's dismay. She then lifts the dumbbell herself and throws it high into the sky. The audience cheers for Baby Bop, and then Barney announces that it's time for a flight in an airplane. BJ comes in as an airplane pilot, and he joins Barney and the kids in singing "Flying in an Airplane". After that, Kathy sings "Me and My Teddy", and dances with some dancing bears. Then, Barney sings "Four Little Ducks" with the kids dressed as ducks. Then, BJ arrives as "BJ the 'Human' Cannonball". He then explains his act, before pushing the button on his remote control, causing the act to go horribly wrong, as the Winkster flies out of the cannon, ending the circus with another chase. The kids chase the Winkster across the stage, but Barney thinks he can catch him. He soon ends up making a wrong turn as he ends up all the way across from the Winkster, who laughs and makes fun. The Winkster then heads on stage to boast to the audience that it's impossible to catch him. Barney and the kids then sneak up on him and almost catch him, but the Winkster speeds through the curtain. The kids think that it's hopeless, and that they'll never catch the Winkster. But Barney thinks that they'll get an idea if they're all happy. He then cheers the kids up by singing "My Aunt Came Back". Then they head back to the backyard to play London Bridge with BJ and Baby Bop. Then they realize that it's getting dark. They then all get together to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" before Baby Bop makes a wish on a star. They then hear the Winkster doing the same. The Winkster then confesses that he took the bag in order to make friends. Barney and the gang forgive him for his misdeeds and remind him that he just needs to ask to be friends. They then sing "Please and Thank You" and the Winkster gives the Barney Bag back, much to everyone's delight. Barney then unveils the surprise to the audience: a glittered stuffed heart. The Winkster thinks that the stuffed heart will need to be bigger to share with everyone. So Barney puts the heart back inside the bag. He then asks everyone to use their imaginations to help make the heart bigger. Suddenly, a giant version of the stuffed heart lowers down to the stage for everyone to see! After the unveiling of the bigger heart, Barney, BJ, Baby Bop, Winkster, and the kids wrap up the show by thanking the audience for their help, and singing "Everyone is Special" & "I Love You" before taking a bow with the whole cast. Barney then appears from the curtain, forgetting one last thing: a kiss goodbye. He then blows a big kiss to the audience, before saying goodbye, and heading back to join his friends, bringing the show to an end.

Cast

 * Barney (Voice: Bob West, Costume: David Joyner / Carey Stinson)
 * Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jeff Ayers)
 * BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume Jeff Brooks)
 * Kathy (Lauren King)
 * Julie (Susannah Wetzel)
 * Derek (Rickey Carter)
 * Carlos (Corey Lopez) (debut)
 * Castandcrewlive94.png Tosha (Hope Cervantes)
 * Min (Pia Manalo)
 * Shawn (John David Bennett II)
 * The Winkster (David Voss / Ashley Wood) (only appearance)
 * The Announcer (Charles Edward Hall)
 * Guest (Morgan Jordan)
 * Others:
 * Marching Band
 * Clowns
 * Monkeys
 * Ducks
 * Teddy Bears

Dancers

 * Barbara Angeline
 * Joe Bowerman
 * Tina Bush
 * Garland Days
 * David DeCooman
 * Vivien Eng
 * Raymond Harris
 * Steven Petriollo
 * Carolyn Ockert
 * Michelle Robinson
 * Amy Shure
 * Kristin Willits
 * Dana Zell

Act 1

 * 1) "Barney Theme Song"
 * 2) "The More We Get Together"
 * 3) "Mr. Knickerbocker"
 * 4) "Ring Around the Rosie"
 * 5) "My Yellow Blankey"
 * 6) "The Barney Bag"
 * 7) "The Winkster's Song"
 * 8) "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain"
 * 9) "BJ's Song"
 * 10) "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
 * 11) Rain Medley: ("Rain, Rain, Go Away"/"It's Raining, It's Pouring")
 * 12) "If All the Raindrops"
 * 13) "And the Green Grass Grows All Around"
 * 14) "I Am a Fine Musician"

Act 2

 * 1) "Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great to Be Crazy?"
 * 2) "The Wheels on the Bus"
 * 3) "Three Little Monkeys"
 * 4) "Do Your Ears Hang Low?"
 * 5) "The Airplane Song"
 * 6) "Me and My Teddy"
 * 7) "Four Little Ducks"
 * 8) "My Aunt Came Back"
 * 9) "London Bridge"
 * 10) Star Medley: ("Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"/"Star Light, Star Bright")
 * 11) "Please and Thank You"
 * 12) "Everyone is Special"
 * "I Love You"

Broadcast

 * This video aired on PBS in 1995, being the second Barney Home Video to be televised.
 * When this video was aired during the PBS Pledge drives in 1995, the Barney Theme Song, The More We Get To Together, Mr. Knickerbocker, Rain Medley, If All the Raindrops, And the Green Grass Grows All Around, Me and My Teddy weren't sung. This is also the one and rarest times that the Barney Theme Song wasn't sung/edited out during the Pledge Drives.

Home media

 * The circus scenes were included as a bonus feature on the Barney's Super Singing Circus DVD.

Trivia

 * This live show marked:
 * The only major live show during Barney & Friends to not tour. According to the producers, the reason why this show never went on tour was because most of the props that were made out of cardboard would most likely be damaged and as a result, the team made a final-minute decision to have the show only perform at Radio City Music Hall during its run. However, subsequent shows in the US (including international stage shows during the later years) would finally go on tour in 1996 starting with the next live show onward.
 * The only live show based on the television series to have Bob Singleton as the music director since he previously composed the music to Barney in Concert, the seventh installment in the Backyard Gang series. Joseph Phillips took over the position starting with the next live show, Barney's Big Surprise and would continue to do so with all the other US stage shows.
 * The only US live show (excluding the filmed performance of Barney's Colorful World!) to have an adult (shown off-screen) say the introductory lines before Barney comes to life through the curtains while greeting the audience in the background (not counting the child guest who tells him what must be done in order for him to appear).
 * The only home video to be directed by Bruce Deck, not counting Love To Read, With Barney which was only available to rent at libraries.
 * The first time that Barney is partially-performed by Carey Stinson on home video as he was Barney's Double, used for only "quick changes" since he had previously done birthday parties and live appearances as the purple dinosaur and would continue to do so until he replaced David Joyner in 2002 on the television series starting with the seventh season.
 * Unlike future Barney stage shows, all of the dialogue from the dinos was live for every performance. The songs, however, were pre-recorded.
 * The US, Australian, Malaysian/Singaporean and Thai releases feature Barney in cartoon form on the front cover while the UK and Spanish releases use his live-action form.
 * In the Spanish dub, almost every scene showcasing the audience is heard differently. Also, a unique sound effect is used when the Barney Bag first appears.
 * Alan Bruce originally served as Barney's understudy for this live show when Bob West was unable to voice him (similar to how Julie Johnson was replaced by Carol Farabee as the voice of Baby Bop in Imagination Island) but for unknown reasons, he never filled in.
 * According to Bob West, in one performance, he once forgot to introduce Hope Cervantes (Tosha) for when Barney brings out the kids from behind the curtains by name.
 * According to Stephen White, there was originally going to be a Barney doll appearing at the beginning of the live show. But during rehearsals, both the Barney doll and the Barney costume ended up being onstage at the same time, thus scrapping the idea.

Songs

 * Some songs from this live show were featured in the Barney's Favorites Vol. 2 album. Specifically, the songs, "My Yellow Blankey", "BJ's Song", "The Barney Bag", and "My Aunt Came Back".
 * During "Please and Thank You", BJ lip-syncs to the lyrics, though he does not sing the song.
 * After the "Please and Thank You" song, a camera angle shows Min giving her sign to someone backstage.
 * Before "BJ's Song" debuted in this video, it was previously sung at the Kids' Playfest event which took place a year prior in 1993.
 * During most of the "Four Little Ducks" number, Julie (dressed as one of the ducks) had some untied shoelaces until the final part of the song.
 * The vocals for the "Barney Theme Song" are slightly different compared to the ones that were used in the TV series for the first three seasons with the cartoony sound effects omitted. It also marks the first time this song was shortened by removing the second and third verses which would eventually become a thing for future US stage shows.

Appearances

 * This video marked:
 * The first appearance of Carlos, and the final regular appearance of Derek as a regular cast member, and the only time they appeared together.
 * Although Carlos has a minor role in this show, he would later become a main character in Season 3 of Barney & Friends. Derek would later return as a special guest in the Season 3 episode, "On The Move", along with Tina.
 * The final time Kathy is seen with her teddy bear.
 * The only appearance of The Winkster.
 * Although Kelly was never seen in the show, Rebecca Wilson would later return as a dancer in Barney's Colorful World!.
 * BJ's first live performance on home video.
 * The final video appearances of the 1993-1994 Baby Bop costume and the 1994 BJ costume. The [1993-1994 Baby Bop costume and the 1994 BJ costume would later be used in Barney books and other live appearances until 1995.
 * The final appearance of the prototype Season 3 Barney costume. The Season 3 Barney costume would later be used in other live appearances until 1998.
 * David Voss' return to the franchise after portraying Barney for the first six Backyard Gang videos.
 * According to a Variety review, Min was absent from the March 6th performance.

Release date

 * This video was released one day before Lee Bernstein's forty-first birthday.