POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public ...

The blend of romantic story, amazing puppetry and daredevil acrobatics makes for a thrilling evening of entertainment.

Catch Water for Elephants Feb. 3–8 at 7:30 pm. Follow a vet student joining the circus, featuring acrobatics, puppetry, and PigPen Theatre Co.’s score.

Adapted from Sara Gruen ’s 2006 novel (which was also a major motion picture in 2011), WATER FOR ELEPHANTS ran for 300 performances on Broadway in 2024 after premiering in Atlanta the year before.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A circus violated an animal welfare law by allowing three elephants to briefly get loose in Missouri and watering them too close to a Pennsylvania show’s public area where a child ...

Hundreds of children leaned over railings that circled underneath Skypoint on Tuesday afternoon, reaching out to catch boxes of popcorn and balls of cotton candy being tossed by Al Bedoo Shrine clowns ...

After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is scheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups alleging Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus routinely abuses ...

There's only one place in Cape Girardeau to find a boxing kangaroo, a giant jungle monster and motorcycles flying through the "Chamber of Doom." All this and more will be at the Piccadilly Circus at 4 ...

"Water for Elephants" is an invigorating blend of contemporary circus and musical theater. The touring show, playing at the Providence Performing Arts Center from Dec. 2 through Dec. 7, follows Mr.

Families streamed in to see the circus Thursday evening, as they had for generations. And the Jordan World Circus brought elephants, as many circuses have for generations. But one local woman and her ...