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BY DANNY McCARTHY

PEOPLE magazine's Vanessa Etienne "Published on May 18, 2012 {at} 03:16 pm {stet}"Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to Return in 2023 with Revamped Animal-Free Show"

This is my take.

"The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show dates back to the
mid-1800s when Phineas Taylor Barnum joined forces with the five
Ringling brothers to create the modern circus. They ended the show's
legendary run in New York on May 21, 2017."

After 146 years, "{t}he Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shut down in 2017." Reasons included: "the high price of putting on the show, waning popularity, and pressures from animal rights activists."

"We will not be touring animals," Juliette Feld Grossman, a producer for
the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said.

"... the great thing is that we've had a blank piece of paper to {re-imagine}," producer Kenneth Feld said on Today about the future of the circus show.

According to Today, "the {family-owned-company} will put on a revamped
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus with a number of death-defying and awe-inspiring human feats" Auditions were held "around the world." Seventy-five of hundreds were chosen "for the new show." "The circus is expected to hit the road again in September 2023."

"What we're seeing is a huge demand for people. To be in person and to
see things that are real," {Juliette Feld} Grossman said. "I've been part of Ringling my whole life, and now we're excited to make that real for everybody
else."

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