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 ...

P.T. Barnum opened the American Museum of curiosities, introduced the world to General Tom Thumb and created “The Greatest Show on Earth,” according to historical record and a box office hit starring ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Performers for The Greatest Show On Earth were center stage recently at the Library of Congress, where historic items from the ...

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 ...

After 146 years in business, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will officially take down its giant tent this spring. In its announcement, the circus’s parent company Feld Entertainment ...

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 ...