How do you make the Greatest Show on Earth even greater? That's the challenge facing the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus as it prepares to re-open after a six-year hiatus. The reimagined Ringling show kicks off on Sept. 29 in Bossier City, La. and then criss-crosses the country over the next two years, visiting upwards of 50 cities, including stops in Brooklyn, N.Y., Columbus, Ohio and Tuscon, Ariz. (Visit the official Ringling site for dates and ticket information.)
September 28, 2023 at 10:00 am EDT
"This is a huge production," promises Juliette Feld, COO of Feld Entertainment, which has overseen Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey since 1967."We've got 75 performers, three different video screens, special effects and flying. We re-conceived what's possible and came out with a new production that's relevant to today's audiences and upholds that promise of being the Greatest Show on Earth.
Naturally, discussions about when and how to bring the Greatest Show on Earth back kicked off not long after the big top was folded up and put away. Feld says that the company's original timeline aimed for a 2021 relaunch, but the COVID-19 pandemic led to a two-year delay. That gave them plenty of time to bring a fresh pair of eyes into the mix: Ross Nicholson and Dan Shipton, the British directors of such major road show productions as. Notably, neither of them had direct circus experience.
The newly-conceived Ringling story takes place, appropriately enough, at the circus. Newcomer Wes, played by Wesley Williams, has just joined the Greatest Show on Earth and he's helped through this colorful new world by three guides, who show him the variety and diversity of performers he's about join — from Mongolian jump ropers to Cuban acrobats."Wes is really a character based on me," says Williams, a skilled unicyclist better known as the.
Meanwhile, Dam characterizes Nick Nack as an"absent minded professor" type who likes to think of himself as an expert, but keeps making hilarious slip-ups."He's a traditional clown, but he also speaks in order to keep the show contemporary and relatable," explains the longtime circus artist, who won't be wearing traditional clown facepaint in the show.
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