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Iff ike Rubin and Nick
Balaban barely knew
each other when they
teamed up to write the
music for Blue's Clues, the popular pro-
gram for preschoolers launched in
1996 and airing on Nickelodeon. But
their expanding work time has tuned
them into each other as well as the TV
and stage productions of the award-
winning series.
In a creative sense, time has been an
important benefit in writing the new
music for Blues Clues Live! — Blue's
Birthday Party, which comes to the Fox
Theatre May 22-26. The duo can take
more liberty with the clock.
"When we're writing for television,
we're usually given a lot of constraints
because we're always squeezed for time,"
says Rubin, 38, who met his writing
partner while working in a band. "If we
get a minute and a half to do a song, ifs
a lot. [But] there's very little restriction
for theater."
In the new touring stage production,
Blue, the lovable blue dog, is having her
birthday party with all of her friends —
Tickety Tock, Slippery Soap, Mr. Salt,
Mrs. Pepper and Steve, played for the
first time by actor Roger Kraus.
As these familiar cast members search
for clues to discover what Blue wants for
her birthday, there will be stage debuts
of several new characters, such as next-
door neighbor Periwinkle, best buddy
Magenta and Baby Cinnamon.
The TV series has a new character as
well. While he'll make special appear-
ances, the character of Steve has gone off
to college, and since the end of April,
Joe — Steve's younger brother — has
been inviting young viewers into his
computer-animated storybook to help
him and Blue solve the day's puzzles in
wide-ranging subjects.
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The Blue's Clues mission is to chal-
lenge and empower preschoolers while
making them laugh.
Blue's Birthday Party keeps up- with
the audience interactivity found on
television. Each child attending a per-
formance receives a free notebook and
crayon to follow along as Steve finds
Blue's clues.
"People may know the theme song
that appears in every episode, but
there is new music as well," explains
Rubin, who tries to include sounds
that represent all kinds of styles.
"Sometimes, I wish that people
knew and appreciated the artistry,
imagination and creativity that go into
moments of the show that appear only
once. Our philosophy is to write
music that we like and that adults
would like. We try not to write down
or talk down to kids."
Balaban, 39, a pianist who studied
at the Berklee College of Music in
Boston, has appeared with various
bands from pop to reggae. He caught
the attention of Traci Paige Johnson,
co-creator and co-executive producer
of the Blue's Clues TV series, which has
won Parents' Choice and Television
Critics Association awards.
"I did music for a couple of Traci's
other shows, and she asked me to sub-
mit a demo for Blue's Clues," Balaban
recalls. "Mike had a studio at the time,
and I knew that he and the studio
could help create the kind of music
that was needed for the show, which
wanted real instruments playing
organic grooves."
Musical Backgrounds
Rubin, a guitarist who conducted his
high-school orchestra and choir,
studied film at New York University
and began scoring movies.
Ultimately, he discovered that he
enjoyed making music more than
making films and started his own
company, Murmur Music, in 1992,
composing for independent cinema
and TV commercials.
"Nick and I prefer songwriting to
scoring because there is more free-
dom with songs," says Rubin, whose
wife, the former Tamara Hanneman,
was born in Ann Arbor and whose
brother, David, earned his master's
degree at Cranbrook.