Barney's Colorful World

Barney's Colorful World
Directed by	Jim Rowley
Written by	Stephen White
Produced by	Charlotte Spivey
Starring	Dean Wendt Julie Johnson Patty Wirtz
Music by	Joe Phillips
Production company	Lyons Partnership, L.P.
Distributed by	HIT Entertainment
Release date	September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

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.

• 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

Additional Cast (UK)

• Blake Garrett as Mike
• Alex Collins as Donny
• Tory Green as Sarah
• Alexis Acosta as Gina

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

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
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
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

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. 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.

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. 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).

Release

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. 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, Ireland, Mexico, and Puerto Rico until December 2004. In the United States alone, the show was seen by over seven hundred fifty thousand people. It was also performed in Latin America from 2007 to 2009 and 2011.

The original run of the tour ran from January 2003 through to November 2004. 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. 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. 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. The program won the Silver Pyramid Award at the 26th Annual Promotional Products Association International in 2003. 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.

See also

• List of Barney & Friends episodes and videos

References

Attribution

• This article incorporates material derived from the "Barney's Colorful World!" article on the Barney Wiki at Fandom (formerly Wikia) and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License (September 1, 2025).

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