The self-proclaimed "Greatest Show on Earth" is back. Only without the snarling and trumpeting beasts that made the 152-year-old American circus famous. Which begs a few existential cultural questions ...

The new Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus won’t send in the clowns. The clowns are out. When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey came out of retirement this year, seven years after it ...

Mike Perry just wanted to have fun when he was growing up in Buffalo. He found a unicycle and taught himself to ride it at the age of 12. Later, a friend taught him how to juggle, and he thought that ...

PALMETTO, Fla. — This is not your grandfather's circus. There are no animals or clowns in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's revamping of the "Greatest Show on Earth," currently in rehearsal at Feld ...

GREENSBORO, NC — There are no tigers and elephants; in fact, the only “animal” is an electric dog named Bailey. The clowns are still there, but hardly wear any makeup. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is easily the most enduring circus name in American history. At its peak, it employed more than 1,000 people and incorporated hundreds of animals in its acts. P.T.

If you've missed gawking at human cannonballs and unicycling clowns under a figurative big top while the smell of popcorn wafts through the air, you're in luck: The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & ...

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus made a touring return last fall in September 2023 after a shuttered pause in 2017 that seemed to be the final chapter for the traditional three-ring ...

Circus clowns come in all sizes, but they have to know how to perform big and little. Big, as in larger-than-life pratfalls that pull laughs from the last rows in an arena. Little, as in making a ...

Ever thought about running away and joining the circus? Ringling Bros. Clown College® is giving Bay Area clowning hopefuls a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to audition to become part of the World ...

Professional clown Chase Culp has performed in New Orleans before, first with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, and more recently in Vaudeville-style circus and variety shows produced by ...

As the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus hits the road for the first time in seven years, gone are the tigers, elephants and Pennywise-esque clowns. By Jonathan Abrams A pesar de la falta de ...