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.

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 ...

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

That's partly why the new Ringling Bros. will feature funny performers − but not traditional clowns in their iconic face paint, which have come to be synonymous with Stephen King's "It" horror ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey dates back to 1919 as a combined circus, but go all the way back to the 19th century as separate spectacles that combined human feats of strength and agility ...

No clowns. No animals. No ringmaster. That’s a huge departure for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, which has been touring since 1871.

Ringling Bros. called him back — but, at 48 and having missed six years of performing, he knew his moment had passed. 8 Ringling clown Sandor Eke and his green mohawk went the way of the ...

Inside the reinvented Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, back on the road after a six-year hiatus, now with songs, comedy and BMX bikers and without elephants, ringmasters and clowns.

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. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus returns to Atlanta after an eight-year hiatus for 13 shows at two venues over two weekends. ... fully made-up clown performers,” Vaught said.

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 ...

Dmytro Nikolenko performs as a clown in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus's revamped national tour in Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 2, 2024.