Bear Live! In New York City

Bear Live! In New York City (Originally titled Bear Live! At Radio City) is a Bear live show that was performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York City from March 5-13, 2021. It was later released on video on August 3, 2021, which became the first Bear video in the Classic Collection series.

Plot

Bear 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 Bear Bag". But before they are able to share it, a new visitor, Swiper the Fox, sneaks away with the bag! Throughout the show, the kids are trying to catch Swiper The chase takes everyone to "Bear's Imagination Circus" with fun-loving clowns and some dancing bears. After the circus ends, the chase continues. Swiper later confesses that he took the bag in order to make friends. Bear and the gang forgive him for his misdeeds and remind him that he just needs to ask to be friends. Bear then unveils the surprise to the audience: a glittered stuffed heart. He asks everyone to use their imaginations to make the heart bigger. After the unveiling of the the bigger heart, Bear, Franklin, Emily Elizabeth, Swiper, and the kids wrap up the show with "Everyone is Special".

Cast

• Barney - Bear (Bear in the Big Blue House)
• Baby Bop - Emily Elizabeth (Clifford the Big Red Dog)
• BJ - Franklin the Turtle (Franklin)
• Kathy - Dorothy Ann (The Magic School Bus)
• Julie - Agent Olympia (Odd Squad)
• Derek - Tim (The Magic School Bus)
• Carlos - Carlos (The Magic School Bus)
• Kelly - Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series)
• Tosha - Keesha (The Magic School Bus)
• Min - Wanda (The Magic School Bus)
• Shawn - Arnold (The Magic School Bus)
• The Winkster - Swiper (Dora the Explorer)

Songs

Act 1

• Bear & Friends Theme Song
• The More We Get Together
• Mr. Knickerbocker
• Ring Around the Rosie
• My Yellow Blankey
• The Bear Bag
• Swiper's Song
• She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain
• Franklin's Song
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game
• Rain Medley: (Rain, Rain, Go Away/It's Raining, It's Pouring)
• If All the Raindrops
• And the Green Grass Grows All Around
• I Am a Fine Musician

Act 2

• Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great to Be Crazy?
• The Wheels on the Bus
• Three Little Monkeys
• Do Your Ears Hang Low?
• The Airplane Song
• Me and My Teddy
• Four Little Ducks
• My Aunt Came Back
• London Bridge
• Star Medley: (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/Star Light, Star Bright)
• Sharing Medley: Please and Thank You, We Take Turns and Good Manners
• Everyone is Special

Gallery

Bear as Barney

Emily Elizabeth as Baby Bop

Franklin the Turtle as BJ

Dorothy Ann as Kathy

Agent Olympia as Julie

Tim as Derek

Carlos as Carlos

Anne Shirley as Kelly

Keesha as Tosha

Wanda as Min

Arnold as Shawn

Swiper as The Winkster

Trivia

• This live show marked:
  • The only major live show not to tour.
  • The first time that Bear is partially-performed by Carey Stinson on home video. Stinson was Bear's Double, used for only "quick changes". Stinson had previously done live appearances as the purple dinosaur and would continue to do so until he replaced David Joyner in 2001 on the TV series.
  • The first appearance of Carlos who would later return as a main character in Season 3.
  • The first appearance of Anne Shirley and the only by Swiper. Anne Shirley would later return as a dancer in Bear's Colorful World!.
  • The last time Tim appears as a regular cast member. He would later return with Agent Olive as special guests in the Season 3 episode, "On the Move".
  • Franklin's first live performance on home video.
• "I Love You" wasn't sung in order to give the show its own identity, as Lyons' lawyers often stated. A lawsuit involving the song discouraged them from using it in the live show.
• All of the dialogue (including that of Bear and the other characters) was live for every performance, unlike future Bear shows. The songs, however, were prerecorded.
• Some songs from this live show were featured in the Bear's Favorites Vol. 2 album. Specifically, the songs, "My Yellow Blankey", "Franklin's Song", "The Bear Bag", and "My Aunt Came Back".
• During "Please and Thank You", Franklin lip-syncs to the lyrics, though he does not sing the song.
• After the "Please and Thank You" song, a camera angle shows Anne Shirley giving her sign to someone backstage.
• According to a Variety review, Wanda was absent from the March 6 performance.
• The circus scenes were included as a bonus feature on the Bear's Super Singing Circus DVD.