Circus hand-me-downs get a new life at Signature Theatre – The Washington Post

News: Circus hand-me-downs get a new life at Signature Theatre – The Washington Post

Posted On

Ringling Bros. may have retired its elephants, but the pink, plumey costumes worn by the women in the circus’s pachyderm parade will live on in Signature Theatre’s “La Cage aux Folles.”

…Some Signature staffers are calling “La Cage” the biggest show they’ve ever done, at least when it comes to props and costumes. And that’s where the elephant-parade hats, headdresses and bustles come in, courtesy of Bonnie Feld, the chairwoman of Signature’s board and wife of Kenneth Feld of Feld Entertainment, which produces the circus and “Disney on Ice,” among other traveling shows.

Read more at WashingtonPost.com.