Set designer Russel, 48 ... arena's 30,000 square feet of floor space to accommodate Cirque, this "contemporary circus" whose theatrics, characters, captivating acrobats and other performers ...

Set in the 1930s and in the very early 2000s ... Shana Carroll, a founding director of that company, was tasked with circus design. (With Jesse Robb, she is also the show’s co-choreographer.) ...

The big top for Circus Vargas was erected on Wednesday, Sept. 27 in the parking lot at the Promenade Mall in Woodland Hills, and passersby were wondering “what’s the show going to be like this ...