By Michael P Coleman There’s a time-worn axiom that speaks about there being two sides to every story. With regard to the circus, and the perceived treatment of animals, it’s absolutely true. Late last week, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey announced they were ending their 146-year run this May. Animal rights activists, including PETA…
Johnathan Lee Iverson is the luckiest man in show business. For 48 weeks a year, he is in a different U.S. city in front of bright spotlights, wearing a radiant smile underneath a top hat, entertaining alongside a diverse cast in lively costumes and doing what he loves most – singing. “I’m a fierce advocate…
“To be the voice of The Greatest Show On Earth® is a huge honor,” explains current Ringmaster David Shipman of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents Circus XTREME. “It is an incredibly fun position. It is my job to make sure that the audience has a fantastic experience from the moment they sit down…
On Friday, thanks to our partners Feld Entertainment, Phase 3 Marketing and Chick-fil-A, Johnathan Lee Iverson, the first African-American Ringmaster in 129 years and 15 year Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baileys Ringmaster, came to the Usher’s New Look office to speak to our Atlanta high school Leadership Academy students about how to follow their…
We know change is the only constant in life, and yet we are always rattled to some degree when it arrives. Ease and familiarity is what we crave most, yet ease and familiarity defies what it is to be alive. It is therefore an unrealistic hope so many of us are guilty of clinging to….
By Brandy McDonnell | June 19, 2015 In the midst of the elephants, acrobats and tigers is a singer with a voice big enough to preside over what’s billed as “The Greatest Show on Earth.” “Being at Ringling Bros., this is America’s longest-running hit show, it’s an American icon, and being the voice of that…
His voice is what I remember most. Its timbre was bathed in authority. It wasn’t the kind that evokes intimidation, mind you, rather the sort that would cause you to recognize that he was a person worthy of your respect. By the time I’d heard his voice, it had all the seasoned depth of a…
“What do you think about country music?” I knew he was up to something. Men like Bill Powell always have those imaginary wheels turning. It’s to be expected. It’s what he does and has done for over 40 years with Feld Entertainment, the leader in live family entertainment and parent company to nearly 40 live…
