The hit movie is coming to the stage in 2026 in a new stage musical, starring Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks. Read more ...

We recently watched "The Greatest Showman" movie (2017) starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum (1810-1891), an American icon famous for his circus "The Greatest Show on Earth." Now, the movie itself is ...

Performers for The Greatest Show On Earth were center stage recently at the Library of Congress, where historic items from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus were donated as part of a "Live ...

March 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1881, P.T. Barnum and James A. Bailey merged their circuses to form The Greatest Show on Earth. The circus later merged with the Ringling Bros. to form ...

The circus is coming to town six years after it appeared to be gone for good. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, advertised as “The Greatest Show on Earth” will make two Connecticut stops ...

On November 12, 1836, Phineas Taylor “P. T.” Barnum arrived in Rocky Mount after leaving Aaron Turner’s Traveling Circus, for which he managed the sideshow acts and took tickets. Barnum convinced some ...

“The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback featuring extraordinary humans and no animal acts five years after shutting down its three-ring circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced ...

Coming to Eight O'Clock Theatre on August 4-12 is the musical Barnum, the winner of multiple Tony and Olivier Awards, including "Best Musical." Under the direction and musical direction of Jason ...

When P.T. Barnum held court before thousands of Berkshirites who gathered on May 19, 1877, to see "The Greatest Show on Earth," The Berkshire Eagle described the moment with "Thunders of applause ...

Perhaps the greatest peril to creating a public persona is being stuck with it — forever. Just ask P.T. Barnum, who was born 200 years ago Monday. During much of his lifetime (1810-1891), Phineas ...

BRIDGEPORT — Restorations at the shuttered Barnum Museum are still in progress, but a federal grant to the tune of $500,000 could pick up the pace. Famed showman P.T. Barnum’s eponymous museum ...

Lee Mead will take on the legendary role of P.T. Barnum in a major new UK tour of the classic Broadway musical Barnum ...