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 ...

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 ...

"It was absolutely thrilling," Kristen Michelle Wilson said on "GMA" — -- The famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has chosen its first female ringmaster in its 146-year history.

Ringmaster Billy Martin and his circus is returning to Altoona for the Jaffa Shrine Center’s 84th annual event, promising a “fantastic show,” according to Shrine marketing and social media coordinator ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CANTON, Ill. (AP) -- Harold Ronk's eyes shine as he recalls three decades at the center of the Greatest Show on Earth. Ronk, 82, was the original "Mr. Singing Ringmaster" for the Ringling Brothers and ...