"Water for Elephants" musical tells story of traveling Depression-era circus, which includes Walter the clown.

Scrape away the circus elements of the stage musical “Water for Elephants” — an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Sara Gruen — and you’re left with a pretty ordinary show. Running through ...

NEW YORK – “Water for Elephants” is hardly the greatest show on Earth. But for a few exquisite moments, a horse might convince you otherwise. In an early scene of the Broadway musical, which opened ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Step right up. “Water for Elephants” is a Tony-nominated musical set in a circus during the Great ...

A co-choreographer for the circus-centric stage musical “Water for Elephants,” Shana Carroll has among her list of credits directing Cirque du Soleil’s “Crystal” and overseeing the circus component of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Spring Preview Based on the 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, the musical follows a young man who hops a train and falls in with a ragtag, traveling group of entertainers. Gabriel ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — If “The Greatest Showman” proved anything — besides that Hugh Jackman is an international treasure who must ...

There is a lot to love in “Topsy,” Michael Daly's book about the history of elephants, trainers, the big top, circus showmen and technological innovation in the 19th century. In the style of the era, ...