On July 6, 1944, a blaze broke out at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey show in Hartford, Connecticut. At least 167 ...

The new Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, coming to the XL Center in Hartford May 3-5, is about massive artful distraction. They try to explain it, but they don’t need to.

A performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’s revamped national tour in Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 2, 2024. A renewed focus on performers was central to reimagining the circus.

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 ...

The reimagined circus features 75 performers from 18 different countries but no animals — unless you count a robot dog named Bailey. The robot performs with the comedy portion of the show, minus the ...

A classic circus has been reimagined for modern times. No clowns. No animals. No ringmaster. That’s a huge departure for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, which has been touring ...

(WJAR) — The Ringling Brothers Circus is coming back after a six-year hiatus, but the animals are not. There are no more elephants, big cats, and other animal acts due to several settlements ...

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 circus has been going on for 134 years. There will be others after me.” I speak harshly: “You’re a man of so many talents. You play seven instruments and play them well.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and ...

The Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus runs May 3-5 at the XL Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Hartford. Performances are Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at noon and ...

The clowns are still there, but hardly wear any makeup. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, that self-proclaimed greatest show on Earth, is back seven years after folding up its big top for ...