Big Top, Big Time
In Montreal, Cirque Du Soleil Builds On A Dream That Began On The Streets

FRANK RIZZO
Hartford Courant

MONTREAL -- To step inside the world headquarters of Cirque du Soleil, on the bleak industrial outskirts of Montreal, is to enter into a factory for the imagination. <a href=http://www.ctnow.com/entertainment/stage/hc-cirque.artjun22,0,786822.story?coll=hc-headlines-arts target=_blank>more</a>

Gleason's next show: Cirque du renovation
by JACK ZINK for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel

"A year ago, everybody was asking what's going to happen to the Gleason when the new Miami Arts Center opens," Beach City Manager Jorge Gonzalez said. "The answer now is, some pretty good stuff."

Cirque began overtures last spring through Miami-based The Related Group, which is also partnered with Clear Channel. But neither side knew whether the Gleason, built in 1950 and renovated in '76 as a theater, could physically handle Cirque's requirements.

published: July 22, 2005