My wife and I go to the Barnum & Bailey circus nearly every year they come to Chicago. This year we noticed some changes to the circus. They have a new MC and co MC as well as a new main clown. None of which were more entertaining than the previous MC and main clown, not by a long shot. The theme "Zing, Zang, Zoom" was a little cheesy, but I guess the target audience for Barnum & Bailey is around 9 years old. The typical acts are still there (elephants, tigers, dogs, high wire, wheel of death), but they also added some aerials and acrobatics that were amazing.
The song and dance numbers were terrible and I never want to hear the song "Don't try this at home" ever again. The majority of the dancers could care less about being on stage. Seriously, most of them barely were dancing and had this annoyed look on their face like they didn't want to be there. It was really odd.
All in all we had a great time and were glad that we went. I can not imagine any child between 2 - 12 not thoroughly enjoying it.