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Come one, come all to The Circus. This documentary series pulls back the curtain on the 2016 presidential race and the Trump administration, revealing the intense, inspiring and infuriating stories behind the headlines. Key characters and events are presented in real time, as they are happening. The Circus is a non-partisan, never-before-attempted take on one of the most fascinating and consequential political periods in modern American history.

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CIRQUE MECHANICS Comes to Overture This Week Photo CIRQUE MECHANICS Comes to Overture This Week
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2019

At the center of every circus rests a 42ft ring full of thrills, laughs and excitement. 42FT - A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels, is the latest invention from the creative minds of Cirque Mechanics....


BWW Review: Cirkus Cirkör's LIMITS at the Kennedy Center Photo BWW Review: Cirkus Cirkör's LIMITS at the Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - March 08, 2019

Those advocating a big border wall to keep out imagined hordes of asylum seekers are overlooking the abilities of one indefatigable group they would fail to keep out: circus performers....


Wonder Women Join BIG APPLE CIRCUS For Extended 41st Season Photo Wonder Women Join BIG APPLE CIRCUS For Extended 41st Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2018

BIG APPLE CIRCUS is thrilled to announce that real-life wonder women will join the 41st season, led by new ringmaster Stephanie Monseu. The season will play an extended run from October 20, 2018 through January 27, 2019 at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park and will feature a brand-new Hall of Wonder le...


VIDEO: See An Elephant Fly In the Official Trailer for Tim Burton's DUMBO! Photo VIDEO: See An Elephant Fly In the Official Trailer for Tim Burton's DUMBO!
by A.A. Cristi - November 14, 2018

From Disney and visionary director Tim Burton, the all-new grand live-action adventure "Dumbo" expands on the beloved classic story where differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight. Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) an...


THE CIRCLE SERIES Announces October Lineup, Including First Musical Reading Photo THE CIRCLE SERIES Announces October Lineup, Including First Musical Reading
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2019

Over the past eight weeks, The Circle Series has brought the theatre community together on Monday evenings to explore developing works and celebrate the classics in a new way. Concluding their first slate of staged readings, producers Circle in the Square Theatre School (Paul Libin, President; Susan...


VIDEO: Disney Releases New Featurette for Tim Burton's DUMBO Photo VIDEO: Disney Releases New Featurette for Tim Burton's DUMBO
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 01, 2019

Disney has released a brand-new featurette highlighting Tim Burton's live-action reimagining of the beloved classic story “Dumbo.”...


THOU SHALL NOT, A Site-Specific Stage Play Based On The Hall-Mills Murders Of 1922 Photo THOU SHALL NOT, A Site-Specific Stage Play Based On The Hall-Mills Murders Of 1922
by A.A. Cristi - September 09, 2019

In 1922, near the banks of the Raritan River, a small city priest and a choir singer were slaughtered in the most infamous unsolved double homicide of the 20th century. Incompetent cops, political operatives, and the poorest and most powerful families in New Jersey were all swallowed in the circus t...


THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE WILDEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH Returns to SHOWTIME Photo THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE WILDEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH Returns to SHOWTIME
by Abigail Charpentier - September 23, 2019

THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE WILDEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH returns this Sunday, September 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME, venturing behind the scenes of the unfolding 2020 campaign....


VIDEO: New Jersey Repertory Company Presents WEST END FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2018 Photo VIDEO: New Jersey Repertory Company Presents WEST END FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2018
by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2018

New Jersey Repertory Company is proud to present When the Circus Comes to Town, a Festival of the Arts that includes: Theatre Brut (32 short plays), live music, an art show, a photography exhibit, poetry readings, and new this year - an afternoon of children's storytelling.  It's a fundraiser for NJ...


CIRCUS OZ BIG TOP Heads To Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria To Unravel The Ministry Of Photo CIRCUS OZ BIG TOP Heads To Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria To Unravel The Ministry Of Nature
by Stephi Wild - May 07, 2018

In their 40th year, Circus Oz tumbles back home to Melbourne to premiere their new show, Precarious, under the heated Circus Oz Big Top. Across the winter school holidays the tent will be nestled within the trees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria with three weeks of shows from 26 June - 15 July ...


Cork Midsummer Festival Celebrates 250 Years Of Circus Photo Cork Midsummer Festival Celebrates 250 Years Of Circus
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2018

Cork Midsummer Festival, running from 15-24 June, is to celebrate 250 years of circus with ground-breaking new work and free family-friendly events. Munster's largest annual multi-disciplinary arts festival will mark the anniversary of the popular art form with the Irish premiere of hip hop/circus f...


THE CIRCUS Returns to Showtime on 8/16 at 8 PM ET/PT Photo THE CIRCUS Returns to Showtime on 8/16 at 8 PM ET/PT
by Tori Hartshorn - August 06, 2018

THE CIRCUS Returns to Showtime on 8/16 at 8 PM ET/PT...


BWW Review: ELVIRA MADIGAN at Parkteatern Photo BWW Review: ELVIRA MADIGAN at Parkteatern
by Annette Stolt - July 01, 2019

Elvira Madigan, at the open air theatre in Ralambshovparken, Stockholm...


CIRCUS OZ BIG TOP Heads To Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria To Unravel The Ministry Of Photo CIRCUS OZ BIG TOP Heads To Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria To Unravel The Ministry Of Nature
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2018

In their 40th year, Circus Oz tumbles back home to Melbourne to premiere their new show, Precarious, under the heated Circus Oz Big Top. Across the winter school holidays the tent will be nestled within the trees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria with three weeks of shows from 26 June - 15 July ...


THE TAMING OF THE SHREW to Play Two Weeks In Two Venues! Photo THE TAMING OF THE SHREW to Play Two Weeks In Two Venues!
by A.A. Cristi - July 27, 2018

Audiences have two more weeks, in two venues, to see Vermont Shakespeare Festival's production of The Taming of the Shrew, a modern take on the 400 year-old comic battle of the sexes.   Performances at Champlain College's Alumni Auditorium are August 3 - 5 in Alumni Auditorium, and outdoors on the C...


Matt Bogart, Dee Roscioli, & Phoenix Best Join THE CIRCLE SERIES' First Musical Readi Photo Matt Bogart, Dee Roscioli, & Phoenix Best Join THE CIRCLE SERIES' First Musical Reading
by Julie Musbach - October 17, 2019

Following over two months of weekly staged readings of developing and classic plays, The Circle Series announces their first staged reading of a musical....


BIG APPLE CIRCUS Partners with NYC Favorites for Elevated Food and Beverage Program Photo BIG APPLE CIRCUS Partners with NYC Favorites for Elevated Food and Beverage Program
by Marina Kennedy - October 24, 2019

The ALL NEW Big Apple Circus is thrilled to announce their 42nd season, celebrating the heartbeat, everyday delights and spirit of New York City with astounding talent from around the world, led by Brooklyn-born singer and Ringmaster Storm Marrero. Keeping with the theme, the Big Apple Circus will b...


THE CIRCUS Follows the 2020 Presidential Campaign Photo THE CIRCUS Follows the 2020 Presidential Campaign
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 15, 2019

With the 2020 campaign accelerating and President Trump making unprecedented moves to keep a central promise from his last campaign, THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE WILDEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH airs on SHOWTIME® this Sunday, February 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. In an episode titled “2020 Is Here,” co-hosts John H...


THE CIRCUS Returns to Showtime This September Photo THE CIRCUS Returns to Showtime This September
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 10, 2019

Tracking the largest field of presidential candidates in U.S. history, THE CIRCUS returns to SHOWTIME with eight new episodes this fall. Starting on Sunday, September 22 at 8 p.m. ETPT, the network's most-watched docuseries will continue its fourth season, which averaged more than one million weekly...


The New Victory Theater Presents CIRCUS ABYSSINIA: ETHIOPIAN DREAMS Photo The New Victory Theater Presents CIRCUS ABYSSINIA: ETHIOPIAN DREAMS
by Stephi Wild - November 08, 2018

This holiday season, experience the magical journey of two Ethiopian brothers, Bibi and Bichu, who realize a lifelong wish to run away with the circus. In Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams, two young boys discover a world of wonder, full of dreamers like them: agile tumblers who ricochet around the...


The Music of Ben Clark Comes to The Green Room 42 Photo The Music of Ben Clark Comes to The Green Room 42
by Stephi Wild - July 17, 2019

Ben Clark is still a largely unknown composer, unless you've heard his unforgettable music. A new voice in American musical theatre, for the past decade Clark has contributed music and lyrics for three musicals: The Circus in Winter, Skin and Bones, and the very recent Bruno and the Gospel of Infini...


Giffords Circus Celebrates the 250th Anniversary of the Wonder of Circus with 2018 To Photo Giffords Circus Celebrates the 250th Anniversary of the Wonder of Circus with 2018 Tour
by Robert Diamond - March 22, 2018

Giffords Circus celebrates the 250th anniversary of the wonder of circus, with a UK premiere tour of their new show, My Beautiful Circus. The show will open on Friday 4th May at Fennells Farm, Stroud with the official press night on Thursday 28th June at Chiswick House & Gardens, London....


CIRCUS OF HORRORS Phenomenon Returns To Warrington with New Show Photo CIRCUS OF HORRORS Phenomenon Returns To Warrington with New Show
by Stephi Wild - August 03, 2018

Blood-curdling comedy and dare-devil circus acts will take centre stage in February as rock 'n' roll spectacular The Circus of Horrors returns once again to Warrington....


Rock 'n' Roll Horror Storms Into Town As Smash Hit Show Takes Centre Stage Photo Rock 'n' Roll Horror Storms Into Town As Smash Hit Show Takes Centre Stage
by Julie Musbach - January 28, 2019

The darkest of magic will take over Parr Hall next month as a smash-hit stage show moves into town....


Modern Circus Lives FOREVER Through Lone Star Circus NYE Show Photo Modern Circus Lives FOREVER Through Lone Star Circus NYE Show
by Julie Musbach - December 03, 2018

In a fun and daring tribute to the birth of the modern circus, Dallas' own Lone Star Circus® brings its unique brand of spectacle back for the holidays in the all-new show, FOREVER! Jugglers, acrobats, clowns, and four-legged performers from around the world come together to create a parade of not-t...






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