Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash!

Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash! is Barney's seventh/final stage show and a live stage show tour that was produced by VEE Corporation, along with HIT Entertainment. The show opened on November 19, 2010 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and has toured the US and Canada. The show completed its tour on December 11, 2011. It soon started its tour in Asia in 2014.

Plot

Barney comes to life and his friends join him not too long afterwards and get the crowd going. When asked, Barney hasn't decided on a birthday wish, a point that comes back up later in the show. Through out the show, Barney and friends celebrate the purple guy's birthday through singing songs, playing games, and decorating the stage (in Act 2), often playing clips of kids suggesting ideas. Meanwhile, BJ attempts to pull a rabbit out of his hat, pretending to be a magician (and later, a rock star back from his "world tour."). While the "kids" get their party hats, Baby Bop, BJ, and Riff sing what they like about their purple friend. In return, Barney sings how he'll be "Someone to Love You Forever." The cast celebrates Barney's birthday and the purple guy reveals his wish: "I wish that our friendship will never end. And it never will, as long as you remember I'm always here, just as close as your imagination." Like with most Barney shows, the cast wraps up the show singing I Love You and Barney finally blows out the candles (shown on screen) on his cake.

Characters

• Barney
• BJ
• Baby Bop
• Riff
• Mr. Knickerbocker

  

  Barney and friends celebrate the purple guy's birthday (Original Cast - November 2010)

Chorus/Ensemble

The ensemble cast consists of a group of four actors and actresses. In case one (or two) of them can't perform, the others can cover for them. The human cast only has two named characters.

• Alex
• Jessie

The rest of the ensemble used their own names. The four ensemble members also cover for the actors playing the dinos.

Cast

Original Cast (November 2010 - June 2011)

Dinosaurs

• Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Antwaun Steele, Joseph Walker (Nov. 2010 - March 2011), and Miguel Franklin (April 2011 - December 2011))
• Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Lauren Mayeux and Alyssa Williams)
• BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Cyndi Graves)
• Riff (Voice: Michaela Dietz, Costume: Denise Mason and Sarah Cook)

Chorus/Ensemble

• Joel (Nick Nunez / Joel Pellini / Megan Godin)
• Alex (Nick Nunez / Joel Pellini)
• Jesse (Nick Nunez / Joel Pellini)
• Jessie (Megan Godin / Madison Turner (March 2011 - Dec. 2011))
• Megan (Megan Godin / Jennifer Margulis (Nov. 2010 - Feb. 2011))
• Alison (Alison Warchol)

Other

• Mr. Knickerbocker (Nick Nunez / Joel Pellii)

Final Touring Cast (June 2011-December 2011)

Dinosaurs

• Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Antwaun Steele and Miguel Franklin)
• Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jonathan Kim and Alyssa Williams)
• BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Alison Warchol)
• Riff (Voice: Michaela Dietz, Costume: Denise Mason and Sarah Cook)

Chorus/Ensemble

• Alex (Nick Nunez / Michael Luongo)
• Megan (Megan Godin)
• Jessie (Megan Godin / Madison Turner)
• Michael (Michael Luongo)

Other

• Mr. Knickerbocker (Nick Nunez / Michael Luongo)

Songs

(Most of the Barney songs in the show have been remixed. The music style that the song has been remixed will be listed next to the song title. "Original" means that the song is an arrangement from the TV series)

Act 1

1. Barney Theme Song (Hip Hop)
2. If You're Happy and You Know It (Techno)
3. The Wheels on the Bus (Hip Hop)
4. Throw Your Hands Up
5. Our Friend Barney Had a Band (Jazz)
6. Itsy Bitsy Spider (Hip Hop)
7. Alphabet Song (Calypso)
8. Mr. Knickerbocker (Original)
9. Dino Dance (Pop)
10. Rock Like a Monkey* (Original)
11. Move It Like This
12. Clean Up (March/Rap)

Act 2

13. A Rock N Roll Star (Rock)
14. Together, Together (Original)
15. Colors All Around (Original)
16. Baby Bop Hop (Original)
17. Silly Sounds (Original)
18. The Clapping Song (Country)
19. If All the Raindrops (World Music)
20. Icy, Creamy Ice Cream (Rap)
21. Snackin' on Healthy Food (Pop)
22. What I Like About You
23. Someone to Love You Forever (Ballad)
24. Happy Birthday to You (Rock)
25. Together With You (Pop - Written exclusively for Birthday Bash)
26. I Love You (Folk)
27. Together With You (Reprise)* (Pop)

*Not on Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Main Article: Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash!: Original Cast Recording

Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash!: Original Cast Recording was an album that featured songs from the stage show of the same name. It was released in 2011 and it was only available for purchase at the show itself. It was never sold at retail unlike previous soundtracks based on Barney live shows.

Gallery

Original Cast

Promo image for Barney Live

Barney Live Souvenir Stand

The stage for Barney Live in Concert

Barney

Baby Bop

B.J.

Riff

"BJ the Grap..." er, "Great" attempts a magic trick

Mr. Knickerbocker stops by

"Rock Like a Monkey"

"Clean Up"

B.J., back from his "World Tour"

"Silly Sounds"

Baby Bop playing the fiddle in the "Clapping Song"

Barney and co. "Snackin' on Healthy Food"

Barney's always "Someone to Love You Forever"

"I Love You"

Barney with his cake

Final Touring Cast

Birthday Bash Logo

Barney's footprints begin the show

Barney makes his appearance ("Barney Theme Song")

If You're Happy and You Know It

"Gonna take a bus ride, gonna take a bus ride..."

BJ and Baby Bop ("Throw Your Hands Up")

"BJ the Grape"/"BJ the Great" fails at magic

Our Friend Barney Had a Band

Barney and friends perform a hip-hop version of "Itsy Bitsy Spider"

Riff gives the Alphabet Song a Hawaiian twist

"BJ the 'Grape'" messes up once more, complete with confetti

Mr. Knickerbocker

Barney and co teach The Dino Dance to the audience

Rock Like a Monkey

"Can you move it like this? I can shake it like that!"

"Clean up, clean up! Everybody, do your share!

BJ, back from his "World Tour" (A Rock N Roll Star)

"Together, together. Working together...."

Barney sings about the colors around us

The Baby Bop Hop

Silly Sounds

The cast enjoys a hoedown with The Clapping Song

"If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops. Oh, what a rain that would be..."

Barney and friends rap about Icy, Creamy Ice Cream

Snackin' on Healthy Food

BJ, Baby Bop, and Riff sing about what they like about their purple friend

"...When you reach out to me, I will always be someone to love you forever..."

Happy Birthday Barney!

Together With You

"I love you, you love me. We're a happy family...."

Tour Dates

Leg 1- Fall 2010

City	Venue	Dates
TULSA, OK	Tulsa's Convention Center	Nov. 19-21
TOPEKA, KS	Topeka Expo Center	Nov. 23-24
LINCOLN, NE	Pershing Auditorium	Nov. 27-28
SALINA, KS	Bicentennial Center	Nov. 30
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	Cox Convention Center	Dec. 2-3
ST. CHARLES, MO	Family Arena	Dec. 5
EVANSVILLE, IN	The Centre	Dec. 8
ROSEMONT, IL	Rosemont Theatre	Dec. 11
MERRILLVILLE, IN	Star Plaza Theatre	Dec. 14
INDEPENDENCE, MO	Independence, MO	Dec. 16-17
WICHITA, KS	Intrust Bank Arena	Dec. 18-19
MERRILLVILLE, IN	Star Plaza Theatre	Dec. 21
WISCONSIN DELLS, WI	Crystal Grand in Lake Delton	Dec. 30

Leg 2- Spring 2011

City	Venue	Dates
FT. SMITH, AR	Fort Smith Convention Center	Jan. 4
WICHITA FALLS, TX	Kay Yeager Coliseum	Jan. 6
DALLAS, TX	Verizon Theater	Jan. 8-9
SAN ANTONIO, TX	Freeman Coliseum	Jan. 11-12
BELTON, TX	Bell County Expo Center	Jan. 13
ABILENE, TX	Abilene Civic Center	Jan. 15
SAN ANGELO , TX	San Angelo Coliseum	Jan. 18
AUSTIN, TX	Erwin Events Center	Jan. 20
LUBBOCK, TX	City Bank Coliseum	Jan. 8-9
BEAUMONT, TX	Ford Park	Jan. 28
LIMA, OH	Veterans Memorial Civic Center	Feb. 22
DEKALB, IL	NIU Convocation Center	Feb. 27
ATLANTA, GA	Philips Arena	Apr. 7
KINGSTON, RI	Ryan Center	Apr. 10
UTICA, NY	Stanley Theatre	Apr. 12
BUFFALO, NY	Shea's Performing Arts Center	Apr 14
LOWELL, MA	Tsongas Arena at UMass Lowell	Apr. 16
WHITE PLAINS, NY	Westchester County Center	Apr 21
BRONX, NY	Paradise Theater	Apr. 23
YORK, PA	the Pullo Center at Penn State York	Apr. 26
MORGANTOWN, WV	West Virginia University Creative Arts Center	Apr. 28
NORFOLK, VA	Constant Convocation Center	Apr. 30
CHARLOTTE, NC	Ovens Auditorium	May 3
READING, PA	Sovereign Center	May 15
DANBURY, CT	Western Connecticut State University-O'Neill Center	May 17
WORCESTER, MA	The Hanover Theatre	May 21
ELMIRA, NY	Clemens Performing Arts Center	May 24
HUNTINGTON, WV	Big Sandy Superstore Arena	May 31

Leg 3- Summer 2011

City	Venue	Dates
FAIRFAX, VA	The Patriot Center	June 4
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ	State Theatre	June 15
MEDFORD, MA (BOSTON)	The Chevalier Theatre	June 18
WALLINGFORD, CT	Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre	June 19
ERIE, PA	Warner Theatre - Eric Civic Center	June 21
ALBANY, NY	Palace Theatre	June 23
BETHLEHEM, PA	Stabler Arena/Lehigh University	June 25
LAREDO, TX	Laredo Energy Arena	July 13
HOUSTON, TX	Verizon Wireless Theater	July 16
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX	American Bank Center Selena Auditorium	July 19
ODESSA, TX	Ector County Coliseum	July 21
EL PASO, TX	Abraham Chavez Theatre	July 23
RIO RANCHO, NM	Santa Ana Star Center	July 26
DODGE CITY, KS	United Wireless Arena	July 28
AMARILLO, TX	Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium	July 30
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO	Pikes Peak Center	Aug. 2
FRESNO, CA	Save Mart Center at Fresno State	Aug. 9
TUSCON, AZ	Music Hall at Tuscon Convention Center	Aug. 11
PHOENIX, AZ	Comerica Theatre	Aug. 13
BAKERSFIELD, CA	The Bakersfield Fox Theater	Aug. 16
LONG BEACH, CA	Terrance Theater	Aug. 18
LOS ANGELES, CA	Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Citywalk	Aug. 20-21

Leg 4- Fall 2011

City	Venue	Dates
ROCHESTER, MN	Taylor Arena at Mayo Civic Center	Oct. 4
SIOUX FALLS, SD	The Washington Pavillion of Arts and Science	Oct. 6
RAPID CITY, SD	Rushmore Plaza - Civic Center Theater	Oct. 9
GRAND FORKS, ND	Alerus Center	Oct. 11
KALAMAZOO, MI	Wings Stadium	Oct. 14
FLINT, MI	Perani Arena	Oct. 16
MUSKEGON, MI	LC Walker Arena - Muskegon Lumberjacks, USHL	Oct. 18
TORONTO, ON	Rogers Centre	Oct. 22-23
YOUNGSTOWN, OH	Powers Auditorium	Oct. 25
CORBIN, KY	The Arena	Oct. 29
JACKSON, TN	Carl Perkins Civic Center (Theatre)	Nov. 1
PHILADELPHIA, PA	Liacouras Center	Nov. 6
Indianapolis, IN	Murat Theatre at Old National Centre	Nov. 17
DETROIT, MI	Fox Theatre/Olympia Entertainment	Nov. 19-20
MANSFIELD, OH	Renaissance Theatre	Nov. 22
WALLINGFORD, CT	Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre	Dec. 4
SYRACUSE, NY	SRC Arena in Syracuse	Dec. 11

Trivia

Poster for the 2014 Asian tour

• This live show marked:
  • The first/only major US tour to have the dinosaurs walk in the audience. During the "Itsy Bitsy Spider", Barney, Baby Bop, BJ, and Riff often walk into the front rows of the audience and meet fans for a nearly a minute. This depends on the venue, however.
  • The second/last appearance of the character Mr. Knickerbocker, after Let's Make Music.
  • The fifth time Barney's birthday is celebrated in the franchise after "Happy Birthday, Barney!", "It's Your Birthday, Barney!", "Caring", and Dino-Mite Birthday, but the first time its celebrated as a national stage show tour.
• This live show was written by Carter Crocker.
• VEE built custom costumes for this show, based off the cartoon illustrations of Barney and friends, rather than asking permission to use the costumes on the TV show (like with past shows). Despite this, they initially used a spare Barney costume from HiT to do the "Dino Seats" meet and greets, as well as promotional appearances. Starting in April 2011, a newer Barney suit, provided by HiT themselves, was used. However the TV costumes are used in the Asian tour.
• BJ is the only dino in the show without a double.
• The script originally had one of the cast members mention how Barney was dressed up (the original costumes had a bowtie). The line was removed once VEE began using a HiT Barney costume for the show.
• In the Asian tour, two new characters "Kate" and "Christian" were added.

Videos

Promos

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