Tickets for Big Apple Circus

1987 marked the Big Apple Circus' tenth anniversary, and big time celebrations were held during the entire year.  1997 saw new attendance records set, as an estimated 170,000 people went to see the Big Apple Circus' Medicine Show production over a total of 114 New York City performances.  By 1979, two circus arts schools had been opened with money raised from the Big Apple Circus. In 1982, the Big Apple Circus won a silver medal at a circus performing competition held in Paris.  By 1984, the New York School for Circus Arts/Big Apple Circus relocated to East Harlem.  Headlining the Big Apple Circus was Paul Lubin, single trapezist , Ethel Janneir, dog act, a tight wire number, Micheal and Paul, jugglers and clowns, the Back Street Flyers, Mia and Jesse, double trapeze, and a host of performers.  In 1977, Gregory Fedin, his then wife Nina Grasavina, Paul Binder, and Michael Christensen located and secured an open grounds area where they could debut the Big Apple Circus. In 1985, the famous Boston Pops teamed up with Big Apple Circus for an extraordinary collaberation and live performance.