Popovich the GreatLe Monde · Paris
One of the World’s Best Physical ComediansThe New Yorker
Like a Cirque show with animalsUSA Today
GeniusPeople
Best family attraction.LA Weekly
Wows his audiencesLos Angeles Times
A riot of fur, feathers and laughterLas Vegas Magazine
A cat who absolutely knows how to work a roomLas Vegas Weekly
Popovich is pretty inspiringLas Vegas Review-Journal
A unique little gem … downright magicalThe Austin Chronicle
A top-notch variety showSanta Barbara Independent
Excellent work! Behind it one can see a personality.Sovetskaya Estrada i Tsirk · Moscow
Best Juggler of the FestivalThe Brussels Jugglers’ Festival · sole prize
Gold medal · Cirque de DemainBibliothèque nationale de France · Paris
“The most joyfully chaotic show on the Las Vegas Strip.”
A full feature review praising Gregory’s physical comedy and his deep bond with the rescued cast — and the emotional core that lifts the show beyond novelty.
Read the reviewA dedicated feature on the V Theater show — tiny paws, vintage showbiz charm, and Gregory’s wonderfully offbeat afternoon on the Strip.
Read at Las Vegas WeeklyMike Weatherford’s signed review of the ladder act, the juggling and the Chaplin-esque park-bench clown.
The paper of record for Las Vegas entertainment names the show one of the Strip’s essential family afternoons.
Read the reviewJohn Katsilometes profiles Gregory as the host of the only Las Vegas production show co-starring house pets, tracing his path from the Moscow Circus and Ringling Bros. — including the Cirque du Soleil offer he turned down for creative freedom.
Read at the Review-Journal“Instead of a sound check, I start by doing a smell check.”
An at-home photo feature with the rescued co-stars in North Las Vegas — the world-renowned juggler bringing household pets to the bright lights of the Strip.
Read the featureSelected in the magazine’s 7 Days guide to the best of Las Vegas, with the rescued cats, dogs, birds and mice as the article’s lead image.
Visit Las Vegas MagazineLas Vegas Magazine brought its hospitality-industry ELITE event to the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, publishing a 61-photo gallery of the performance and the rescued animal stars.
See the galleryGregory sits down with the Weekly to talk training philosophy, the animals’ lives offstage, and what happens when a performer is ready to retire.
Read the Q&A“Head for Planet Hollywood’s Popovich Comedy Pet Theater.”
The state’s Division of Tourism names the show a top family attraction in Nevada.
Visit Travel NevadaListed alongside Penn & Teller, Carrot Top, Jabbawockeez and Mad Apple among nine recommended Las Vegas productions.
Read at Vegas PublicityThe property’s official page on the long-running residency: 30-plus rescued performers led by a world-renowned entertainer, live daily.
Visit Miracle Mile Shops“Keeps a remarkable nine rings aloft.”
Reviewing Ringling Bros. in Southern California, the Times spotlights Gregory’s signature act: balancing atop an unsupported ladder while juggling nine rings.
Visit the LA TimesA full profile ahead of the Freud Playhouse performance: the circus-family upbringing, the world tours, and the all-positive-reinforcement philosophy behind the show.
Read the profileA long conversation about inventing the pet-theater format, bringing trained house cats to American stages, and a message that succeeds every time a spectator adopts.
Read the interviewThe Independent’s review: juggling, European clowning and balancing alongside the rescued cats, dogs, doves and mice — with the real star wowing the audience with agility, artistry and athleticism.
Read the reviewLA Weekly picks Popovich: Road to Hollywood among the best of Dances With Films — opening with a live performance by Gregory and his rescue animals on Hollywood Boulevard.
Read at LA WeeklyThe Orange County magazine’s editors pick the show among the top things to do — 30-plus rescued performers, seen in 25 countries.
Visit Orange CoastRepeat editorial endorsements across multiple seasons, praising the visibly happy, well-cared-for animals and recommending the show as the animal-friendly alternative to the traditional circus.
Archive titleSanta Barbara coverage of the touring show: tightrope-walking cats, soccer-playing dogs and the pet fire brigade.
Visit NoozhawkThe venue adds a performance after overwhelming demand for the first — proof the greater Los Angeles audience keeps coming back.
Visit the venueThe Chronicle’s critic reviews Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West as a quirky, old-school tale in the tradition of Keaton and Chaplin, crammed with witty gags and heart to spare.
Read the reviewPopovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West takes the festival’s Audience Award, as reported by The Austin Chronicle.
Read at the ChronicleThe Hollywood festival’s own record: Gregory’s film wins the Audience Award at the Chinese Theatres — and Road to Hollywood later premieres there to a packed house.
See the festival pageThe independent-film outlet reviews Gregory’s screen work as a throwback to classic slapstick cinema, calling him just that talented a performer.
Read the reviewThe entertainment-industry trade reports Gregory’s film in the official competition-feature lineup at Hollywood’s Chinese Theatres.
Visit TheWrapPopovich: Road to Hollywood wins Best Family/Kids Film in Calcutta and Audience Choice Awards in Milan and Tokyo.
See the films“Whitney experiences the magic, laughter & talent of Gregory Popovich’s Comedy Pet Theater.”
A nationally syndicated PBS feature on the rescue-animal mission and a training approach built on trust, not force.
Watch on PBS“One of the world’s top jugglers, and a practiced clown.”
The magazine’s famed listings pages welcome Comedy & Pet Theatre to New York’s Tribeca Performing Arts Center — complete with a commissioned New Yorker illustration of Gregory and his cats and dogs.
Visit The New Yorker“He wants to go beyond being a juggler extraordinaire — to put some eccentricity in it, to be a funny juggler.”
The national daily’s Moscow Circus profile introduces American readers to the fourth-generation circus performer — and to the comic vision that would one day become the Las Vegas show.
Visit the Monitor“A storyline as the circus meets the theater.”
A major state newspaper’s in-depth interview on the world-record juggling career, the rehabilitation of shelter animals, and routines built around each animal’s own personality.
Visit the JournalThe Spokane daily has covered the show again and again — profiles of the 26-year training career, the Moscow Circus School performers, and tricks built from each animal’s favorite way to play.
Read the featureThe Chronicle names the show among its principal family-entertainment recommendations, spotlighting the rescued cats, dogs, parrots, geese and mice.
Visit the ChronicleA dedicated interview on the pets as actors in narrative sketches, the two animal-training books, and building each stage role around what an animal naturally loves to do.
Visit The VindicatorThe Washington daily on the rescued-animal company, the national TV history, and a partnership with the local humane society — the performers as ambassadors for homeless pets.
Visit the HeraldA full interview on choosing rescued household animals over the traditional circus, and the theatrical storytelling that sets the show apart.
Visit the News-SunThe Ohio daily profiles the Ukrainian fifth-generation circus performer, world-record juggler, and alumnus of the Great Moscow Circus and Ringling Bros.
Visit the Daily NewsAn in-depth interview on sensory-friendly performances, the Las Vegas residency, and the promise that any animal who prefers not to perform stays in the family for life.
Visit Hollywood SoapboxFeatured segments across the nationally distributed network on training 22 cats and 15 dogs for the Las Vegas stage — plus “You CAN Train Your Cat.”
Visit Animal RadioPublic radio previews the Buckman Center engagement: Moscow Circus roots, European clowning, and the performing rescue animals.
Visit WKNOThe national daily’s feature on Gregory’s cat-training methods and the Las Vegas production — syndicated in newspapers across the country, including the Deseret News.
Visit USA Today“Excellent work! Behind it one can see a personality.”
The USSR’s professional circus magazine reviews Gregory’s seven-ball juggling and free-standing-ladder artistry — with legendary juggler Sergei Ignatov’s praise on the record.
Read the archiveFrance’s national library preserves the Paul de Cordon photograph of the Russian juggler on the free-standing ladder — captioned with his gold medal at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain.
See the BnF recordThe official record: most rings juggled while standing atop an unsupported ladder — seven rings, with a ball balanced on the forehead.
See the record“First prize for the young Gregory Popovich, very confident in his mastery.”
The national competition’s published results crown Gregory across all circus genres of the USSR.
Read the resultsAmong 800 jugglers parading through Brussels, the festival’s only diploma goes to its lone Soviet representative — as recounted in the Soviet circus journal’s interview.
Read the account“Gregori Popovitch, giocoliere sulla scala libera.”
Italy’s professional circus press records the signature free-standing-ladder act — preserved in an open scan of the original printed issue.
Open the scanThe Italian circus-history almanac of the 13th International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo records Popovitch, juggler on the free-standing ladder.
Read the almanacThe International Jugglers’ Association magazine reports Gregory as the featured juggler of the Moscow Circus’s coast-to-coast tour of the United States — Radio City Music Hall, The Forum in Los Angeles, the Spectrum in Philadelphia and a dozen more arenas, with photographs of the free-ladder act.
Visit the IJA archiveThe international circus encyclopedia preserves performance footage of Gregory’s juggling and free-ladder act on Moscow’s two most storied stages.
Watch the footage“The first Soviet circus artist to receive a work contract with an American circus.”
The Russian-language network’s broadcast interview traces the road from the Moscow Circus to headlining the Strip.
Watch the interviewAn exclusive interview on being the first Soviet circus artist to move to America and build his own one-of-a-kind animal show.
Read the interviewA long-form interview connecting the Moscow Circus years to Comedy Pet Theater — by then, the paper writes, an established brand in America.
Read the interview“He is not merely a master of his craft; he is a unique phenomenon.”
A Russian-language retrospective tracing the family training, the Soviet career, and the American reinvention.
Read the pieceUkrainian-language coverage of the tour: a circus applauded in more than 30 countries on every continent.
Read the articleNational television, major magazines and newspapers, and regional press from coast to coast.