When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down in May 2017, a victim of changing tastes and years of protests by animal-rights groups, The Greatest Show on Earth seemed like the ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shut down in 2017 after 146 years, citing the high price of putting on the show, waning popularity, and pressures from animal rights activists.

In May 1979, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus set up at what was then called the Cumberland County Civic Center for ...

In a colossal circus coincidence, the same weekend that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey comes to Hartford is the weekend Cirque du Soleil show “Bazzar” ends its monthlong engagement.

May 18 (UPI) -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is set to make a comeback in 2023 with a newly formatted show that will not use animals. Feld Entertainment, the parent company of ...

Months after the circus closed in 2017, Hugh Jackman, Zendaya, Zac Efron and Michelle Williams starred in The Greatest Showman, a movie musical about P.T. Barnum and the creation of the Barnum ...

UPDATED: January 13, 2024 at 8:43 PM EST To give you a sense of the power of the revamped Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, I defer to the young girl seated next to me Friday night.

Circus magnate John Ringling and his wife completed Ca' d'Zan in Sarasota, Florida, in 1926. It cost $27 million in today's ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will be bringing their "Greatest Show on Earth" to Nashville next year. From January 24 to 26, the all-new reimagined circus will be coming to Bridgestone Arena.

Barnum's story has a local connection: The book for the musical was written by Mark Bramble, who went to high school in Silver Spring, Md. It mingles with various circus acts that come together at ...

All the old costumes and trappings of Barnum's circus are now in the auction room of Charles Ullmann, at 746 Third-avenue, and they will be sold to-day at auction at 10:30 o'clock.

SARASOTA, Fla. – The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which shut down in 2017 after a storied 146-year run of three-ring entertainment around the world, could be making a comeback.