"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 ...

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

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 & ...

Scrape away the circus elements of the stage musical “Water for Elephants” — an adaptation of the novel of the same name by ...

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 ...

OAKLAND (BCN)—Two days before the Ringling Brothers Circus begins a series of shows in Oakland, two City Council members and animal rights activists said today that they’re glad the circus has decided ...

"Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior - drawing on the ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Animal advocates with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrated outside the El Paso County Coliseum to protest the Carden International Circus, which ...