GRAND RAPIDS -- No one can say it like Uniqua, the peerless, polka-dotted creature at the heart of the The Backyardigans. "I proclaim," she said, "This doth stink!" Her pickle, and that of her orange ...

I’ve been fascinated with the transformation of a work from big or small screen to stage ever since my folks and some family friends took me to San Francisco to see Peter Pan with Kathy Rigby. So I ...

Photo by Carol Rosegg / Nick Jr. If the CGI-animated TV show keeps your littlest tots wiggling to its astonishing array of music—Motown, reggae, even polka—take them to Backyardigans Live!, the ...