Word: irvins
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Directed by Irvin Kershner...
Welcome to the circus, 1990, and the world of Kenneth Feld, who is currently flying as high as one of his daring trapeze artists. The head of Irvin Feld and Kenneth Feld Productions, based in suburban Washington, he is the world's leading producer of live entertainment. Feld not only commands three traveling units of the Greatest Show on Earth, but he is also the creator of five touring Walt Disney's World on Ice spectacles and has just completed work on the new $20 million Siegfried & Roy magic show, which opened Feb. 1 in Las Vegas...
Feld inherited the business and his know-how from his father, the late Irvin Feld, a flamboyant promoter who bought the faltering circus from John Ringling North for $8 million in 1967. At the time, the acts and the performers were aging. The show had only a dozen clowns, some in their 70s and 80s. The senior Feld threw out the freak shows, hired new acts, stepped up the pace of the show and started the world's first clown college. Determined to get the best performers, he bought an entire West German circus for $2 million in 1968 just...