The Big Circus The Big Circus The Big Circus is a 1959 film starring Victor Mature as a circus owner struggling with financial trouble and a murderous unknown saboteur. It was produced and co-written by Irwin Allen, later known for a series of big-budget disaster films. Hank Whirling (Mature) needs a bank loan to keep his Whirling Circus going. He gets it from a stuffy New York City bank, but only on the condition he take along accountant Randy Sherman (Red Buttons) and publicist Helen Harrison (Rhonda Fleming) to help the circus turn a profit. Hank's top act is the Colino trapeze troupe,
The Circus Starring Britney Spears made a surprise appearance on the show and announced she would be going on a worldwide tour during 2009 to support her sixth studio album, "Circus" (2008). The concert promoter was AEG Live. Former director of the tour, Australian choreographer Wade Robson, said that the tour would visit the United States, the United Kingdom, and would also reach Australia. After her live performances in the Big Apple Circus tent at Lincoln Center for "Good Morning America" on December 2, 2008, Spears officially announced a first leg of twenty-five dates in the US and two dates in the UK, with the