Barney's Musical Castle


Barney's Musical Castle, also called Barney's Musical Castle LIVE and El Castillo Musical de Barney, was Barney's fourth concert and his second US tour. The tour began on September 8, 1999, and the video was released in 2001. In this stage show tour, Barney, Baby Bop, BJ and kids go to the forest to visit the king. The home video was taped at the Rosemont Theater.

Cast

  • Barney - Bob West
  • Barney - Carey Stinson and Antwaun Steele
  • Baby Bop - Julie Johnson
  • Baby Bop - Jennifer Gibel and Jill Nelson
  • BJ - Patty Wirtz
  • BJ - Kyle Nelson and Charles Shaw
  • Andy - Fernando Moguel
  • Penny - Hayley Greenbauer
  • Jessica - Talia Davis
  • Justin - Wesley Farnsworth
  • King - Ray Hallmen

Songs

Act One

  1. Barney Is A Dinosaur
  2. Musical Castle Sing-Along Medley
  3. Castles So High
  4. What Makes A Flower So Pretty?
  5. Look At Me, I'm Three!
  6. You Can Count On Me
  7. Here In The Forest
  8. And The Green Grass Grows All Around
  9. It's A Great Day
  10. If You're Happy and You Know It

Act Two

  1. Castles So High
  2. Wave The Flags
  3. Musical Castle Nursery Rhymes Sing-Along
  4. Knight's Dance
  5. Musical Castle Costume Parade
  6. I Put A Smile On
  7. I'm The King
  8. Musical Castle Celebration Medley
  9. It's A Great Day
  10. I Love You

Production

Writing

The show's original vision was from writer Stephen White. The show was turned over to multiple writers in order to put the script together.

Announcements

In November 1998, Mary Ann Dudko made her appearance in Crook & Chase to talk about Barney and his 10th anniversary, but it mentioned when Mary talks about a big news about Barney's new stage show and about to touring in major cities in Fall 1999 to Spring 2001.

Release

The show made its world premiere on September 15, 1999 at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. The show toured in North America until 2001 and was nationally sponsored by Luvs. The show was announced to play in eighty cities over the course of the original run. During the show's original run, it drew more than nine hundred ten thousand attendees to two hundred forty-three performances and saw $17.5 million in ticket grosses. Following North America, the show toured in Mexico in 2000 in its initial run, it was later performed in Asia in 2005 and 2012, Mexico, Central America and Latin America from 2006 to 2007, and the Middle East from 2009 to 2010. A portion of the proceeds from the tour benefited the National Children’s Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating child abuse.