Kristen Michelle Wilson is the new ringmaster for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Presents Circus XTREME, becoming the first-ever female ringmaster in the circus's 146-year history. Feld ...

The following is a Folklife Festival story told through the lens of an object: the circus ringmaster’s top hat. Like all good “storied objects,” this one is imbued with the Festival experience of its ...

a "dynamic" performer with "exceptional" vocal skills. "She came in and sang a song from the show and, yes, she sounded great, but then she sang 'Greatest Show on Earth' by Christina Aguilera, and it ...

John Kennedy Kane is living his dream as ringmaster for the Big Apple Circus. It’s a role he prepared for as a child, when he would stage circus acts in the basement of his South Buffalo home. In fact ...

I hadn’t set foot in a circus since I was five-years-old. Back in the day, it was mostly caged animals, a couple of clowns and a slew of struggling-juggling acts. Even then, I was probably most ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will stage eight performances today though Monday at The Mark of the Quad Cities, Moline. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. today and Friday; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 and 7:30 ...