Yet because the demands of his businesses, his family life is troubled and marred by tragedy. All the while, events lead to his greatest creation, the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Some kids go to college. Others … join the circus. “The Greatest Show On Earth,” presented by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, is coming to town with its newest star: Skyler Miser.

and Barnum & Bailey ... “The show is a 360-degree presentation. We know the audience wants to be as close as possible.” Vaught said Feld is committed to keeping the circus alive.

Sons of poor immigrants in the Midwest, the Ringling Brothers expanded within a decade from a small regional circus to a large traveling circus across the country, and ultimately bought Barnum and ...