In December, the circus announces its first female ringmaster, Kristen Michelle Wilson. 2017 — Feld Entertainment announces it will close the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

I was quite taken with Mary Ann Lewis’ suggestion that the circus clowns laid off by the closure of Ringling Bros., Barnum and ... are throwing knives at! The ringmaster! All these and others ...

SAN DIEGO, CA — Circus Vargas is back in Southern California, with Ringmaster Johnathan Lee ... After graduating, he met the director of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey while on the way ...

Sons of poor immigrants in the Midwest, the Ringling Brothers expanded within a decade from a small regional circus to a large traveling circus across the country, and ultimately bought Barnum and ...