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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey The Greatest Show On Earth

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's "The Greatest Show On Earth" returns to Dickies Arena on August 20-23.

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, which returned with a reimagined circus in 2024, will come back to San Antonio once again for new dates at the Alamodome on August 13-16.

2026 dates for "The Greatest Show On Earth" will start on April 9 in Worcester, Massachusetts, with stops scheduled in every month for the rest of the year.

The month of August is reserved for Texas, as it will go to Houston (August 6-9), San Antonio, Fort Worth (August 20-23), and Dallas (August 27-30). There will be a final Texas stop in Edinburg on September 3-6 (sorry, Austin and El Paso!).

"The Greatest Show On Earth," which no longer features live animals, is a two-hour live talent show featuring some of the world’s best acts.

The action-packed modern circus is filled with stunts and immersive moments featuring events like the high-flying trapeze, gravity-defying acrobatics, and more. Set to a high-energy soundtrack, the show includes elements like the Double Wheel of Destiny, a high-speed bicycle troupe, acrobats from Mongolia, and a Latin dance group.

Moments of humor, surprise, and audience interaction are sprinkled throughout the show, while fan-favorite characters like Bailey the Robo Pup bring heart, personality, and fun for younger fans.

Before the show begins, families are invited to enjoy the interactive pre-show, where the Ringling Hype Crew brings the arena to life with music, movement, and crowd engagement.

Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, April 14 via Ticketmaster.com.

Fans can purchase early with unlock code W2LV26 on Thursday, April 9 at 10 am through Monday, April 13 at 11:59 pm. Fans can also sign up to become Ringling Insiders for exclusive early access to tickets, which can be purchased now at Ringling.com.

Finally, there is a special pre-sale savings for adults by using code PR26RB for up to 25 percent off tickets. That offer ends on April 13, and restrictions apply.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's "The Greatest Show On Earth" 2026 tour dates:

Apr 9 - 12, 2026: Worcester, MA - DCU Center
Apr 16 - 19, 2026: Bridgeport, CT - Total Mortgage Arena
Apr 23 - 26, 2026: Hartford, CT - PeoplesBank Arena
Apr 30 - May 3, 2026: Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
May 7 - 10, 2026: Charleston, WV - Charleston Coliseum
May 15 - 17, 2026: Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
May 21 - 24, 2026: Allentown, PA - PPL Center
May 29 - 31, 2026: Providence, RI - Amica Mutual Pavilion
Jun 4 - 7, 2026: Norfolk, VA - Scope Arena
Jul 2 - 5, 2026: Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
Jul 10 - 19, 2026: Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
Jul 23 - 26, 2026: Phoenix, AZ - Mortgage Matchup Center
Aug 6 - 9, 2026: Houston, TX - NRG Stadium
Aug 13 - 16, 2026: San Antonio, TX - Alamodome
Aug 20 - 23, 2026: Fort Worth, TX - Dickies Arena
Aug 27 - 30, 2026: Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
Sep 3 - 6, 2026: Edinburg, TX - Bert Ogden Arena
Sep 10 - 13, 2026: San Diego, CA - Pechanga Arena San Diego
Sep 17 - 20, 2026: Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
Sep 24 - 27, 2026: Wichita, KS - INTRUST Bank Arena
Oct 1 - 4, 2026: Des Moines, IA - Casey's Center
Oct 8 - 11, 2026: Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center
Oct 16 - 18, 2026: Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena
Oct 22 - 25, 2026: St. Paul, MN - Grand Casino Arena
Oct 29 - Nov 1, 2026: Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
Nov 6 - 8, 2026: Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena
Nov 12 - 15, 2026: Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
Nov 20 - 22, 2026: Indianapolis, IN - Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Nov 27 - 29, 2026: Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center
Dec 3 - 6, 2026: Cincinnati, OH - Heritage Bank Center

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Movie Review

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson get cold feet in tense The Drama

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Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in The Drama.

Robert Pattinson and Zendaya will be seen together a lot at the movies in 2026, with mega-films like The Odyssey and Dune: Part Three coming out later in the year. But fans can get a much more intimate look at the two stars in a film that offers a unique take on relationship struggles, The Drama.

Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Pattinson) are a New York couple who are engaged to be married. After a quick-but-effective montage of their courtship, the story joins them as they are just days away from their wedding. As they get all the details like music, flowers, and food finalized, a visit to the caterer with married friends Rachel (Alana Haim) and Mike (Mamoudou Athie) proves fateful.

A few too many drinks leads to each member of the group deciding to divulge the worst thing they’ve ever done. While each story is slightly shocking, Emma’s takes the cake, so much so that Charlie starts to question their relationship. As they get closer to the wedding date, Charlie finds it increasingly difficult to get beyond Emma’s revelation, with each real or imagined conversation threatening to derail their previously tight bond.

Written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, the film is provocative, funny, and cringey as it tries to get to the center of human dynamics. Charlie, Rachel, and Mike have starkly different reactions to Emma’s story, and the way those play out over the course of the film provides, well, the drama. The harder Charlie tries to justify Emma’s past, the more his underlying feelings start to eat at him, causing friction not just between him and Emma, but in other parts of his life, as well.

Strangely, especially for a character played by Zendaya, Emma recedes more than expected. Her explanations for her previous actions are timid at best, and she mostly seems to be waiting for Charlie to forgive her instead of questioning why she needs forgiveness. Borgli favors the male side of the equation, and in so doing he doesn’t dig as deep into the root of the issue as he could have.

Still, the downward spiral at the center of the story has a propulsive nature to it, and each successive step proves to be both hard to watch and impossible to turn away from. It also helps that Borgli manages the tone well, keeping interactions between characters relatively light so that the film doesn’t turn into one like Marriage Story.

Pattinson, who gets to use his own British accent for once, put on an interesting performance that is much better than his last two roles in Mickey 17 and Die My Love. He has good chemistry with Zendaya, who manages to shine despite being laden with a role that doesn’t play entirely to her strengths. Haim and Athie do good work in small roles, while Hailey Grace and Hannah Gross make an impact in brief appearances.

The situation in which Emma and Charlie find themselves in The Drama is not one to be wished on anyone, but it’s presented well by Borgli, keeping tensions high for the bulk of the film. Despite the two main characters not given completely equal footing, the story finds a way to get to a satisfactory ending.

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The Drama opens in theaters on April 3.

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