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

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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.

The local event promoter and patron of the arts is having the biggest year yet in her storied career of celebrating all things Denver with Barnum-esque hoopla and a modern quirkiness. Her roster ...

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.

They later traded or sold her to P.T. Barnum. The basic facts inspired playwright Lloyd ... will be presented in the wagon room of The Ringling’s Historic Circus Museum, connecting the play to Afong ...