New show ‘Circus 1903’ brings back live elephants, sort of
NEW YORK — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus may have retired their iconic elephants but there’s still a way to see the huge beasts onstage.
The new touring show “Circus 1903,” which makes its American debut next year, features two life-size elephants — one baby, one massive mamma — created by the puppeteers and model makers of Significant Object, who made the lifelike horse featured in the hit play “War Horse.”
“These puppets feel real.