Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus returns to Atlanta after an eight-year hiatus for 13 shows at two venues over two weekends.

From *Barnum* and *Matilda* to the thrilling new production *Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular*, London has ...

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Ringling Brothers last rolled into Birmingham in 2017 on its classic mile-long circus train that traditionally housed elephants, performers, crew members and their families. The show is back in 2025 ...

On her 17th birthday, she was noticed by P.T. Barnum, of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, and started her career working at his New York Museum. Her usual routine featured her alongside Tom Thumb ...

March 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1881, P.T. Barnum and James A. Bailey merged their circuses to form The Greatest Show on Earth. The circus later merged with the Ringling Bros.

Amongst them was the American showman PT Barnum and his protégé Charles ... research and writing on the social and cultural history of the circus. A list of his books is at steve-ward.weebly.com.

That is the "gist" of Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart's "zesty" 1980 musical about the famed 19th-century American showman, P.T ... Barnum's fascinating life story, charting his rise to fame as a ...

This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest ... the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus.