WASHINGTON — The Big Apple Circus, which filed for bankruptcy in 2016 and was bought earlier this year by a group of investors led by a former D.C. surgeon, is bringing its one-ring circus show to National Harbor March 8 through April 1.
The Big Apple Circus was sold at auction in February for $1.3 million to Big Top Works, an affiliate of Compass Partners, led by former Washington Hospital Center director of surgery (and former circus trapeze performer) Dr. Neil Kahanovitz.
The Big Apple Circus, founded in 1977, returned to Manhattan’s Lincoln Center this fall, where it had held its performances since 1981, and will embark on a nationwide tour. Its only other announced tour stop in addition to National Harbor is Atlanta.
The National Harbor show includes The Fabulous Wallendas, famous for their high-wire pyramid performances (and near tragedy) earlier this year.
Other acts include The Flying Tunizianis, Grandma the Clown and daredevil roller-skating performers Dandino & Luciana, and The Anastasini Brothers, who broke the world record for “most flips” in November.
Tickets for The Big Apple Circus at National Harbor range from $27.50 to $109 for ringside VIP seating.
