Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Performers for The Greatest Show On Earth were center stage recently at the Library of Congress, where historic items from the ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film, but also ...

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. to form ...

PROVIDENCE – The circus is coming to town. After a six-year hiatus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is bringing its traveling show back to Providence’s Amica Mutual Pavilion this weekend. The last ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — World Circus Day is on April 20 and the Ringling Museum in Sarasota is celebrating the day with free entry to the circus museum. The museum also honors the day by celebrating the 50th ...

As the U.S. entered WWI, the Ringling show employed about a thousand people—but forces that would reshape the circus industry ...

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 ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is back, but not as you remember it. The circus, traveling under the moniker “The Greatest Show on Earth,” has undergone a significant makeover, promising a fresh ...

Before TikTok challenges and Netflix binging, entertainment rolled into town via a traveling circus. A circus show of yore might feature jesters powdered in clown make-up, lions alongside their daring ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus recently performed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and donated several historic items, including the earliest known photo of P.T. Barnum’s ...