Such is the case for the touring “Water for Elephants” at Playhouse Square, a high-flying, touching production full of visual ...

Scrape away the circus elements of the stage musical “Water for Elephants” — an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Sara Gruen — and you’re left with a pretty ordinary show. Running through ...

For the first time since the Ringling Bros. brought their circus to Baraboo in the late 1800s, elephants won't be returning to the city as Circus World prepares to open their summer performance season ...

"Water for Elephants" musical tells story of traveling Depression-era circus, which includes Walter the clown.

The circus ended a practice that enthralled audiences for two centuries but became caught between animal rights activists' concerns and Americans' shifting views You can save this article by ...

This weekend's last show on earth for "The Greatest Show on Earth" has been in the making for 22 years, since a series of I-Team reports questioned whether elephants at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The circus meets Broadway in the upcoming PNC Broadway in Louisville production of "Water for Elephants." Coming to the Kentucky ...

After years of protests from the Humane Society and other animal activists, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are retiring their elephants. According to the Associated Press, the gentle giants ...

The golden age of the circus is long past, and gone are the days when bombastic advertisements would draw thousands of clamoring fans eager to see the exotic spectacles they promised. While that may ...