For its performers, the circus is a way of life and a career path. We had the chance to go behind the curtain of Big Apple Circus three days before it departed for New Jersey, to chat with the cast.

During three trips from 2009 to 2012, I spent eight months in Vietnam. When I saw a circus in Hanoi, I was fascinated by its glamour. But as I got to know the performers personally, I felt ...

After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on The Greatest Show on Earth. The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show will close forever in May.

The final curtain fell late Sunday on the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, known widely as "the Greatest Show on Earth." The circus, which traces its lineage back to showman P.T. Barnum ...

In the circus, you don't drive to work and drive home. It's in your backyard. Everybody's neighbors," Fernandes said. "I think the first moment it will hit me is when that curtain opens ...

the curtain will close for the final time on The Greatest Show on Earth and a way of life for residents of “the town without a zip code.” Feld Entertainment, the company behind the circus ...

The "Greatest Show on Earth" is getting its curtain call. Feld Entertainment, owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said in a statement that the show will end is 146-year run in May.

The final curtain was falling late Sunday on the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, known widely as "the Greatest Show on Earth." The circus, which traces its lineage back to the showman P ...