30.10.2017

Is the Circus Dead? Big Apple Circus Says No

• Description

  First, the Big Apple Circus declared bankruptcy in early 2016. Then, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced it would close after 146 years. 
  
  It seemed like circus might be dead.

  But after a year of no performances, Big Apple has returned to its hometown of New York, where it was founded in 1977. The assets of the former non-profit were bought at auction by a for-profit entity called Big Top Works and now the tent has gone up in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center.

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