In this one-woman clown show at New York’s Cherry Lane Theatre, where it’s running through Dec. 21, Natalie Palamides (above) ...

GREENSBORO, NC — There are no tigers and elephants; in fact, the only “animal” is an electric dog named Bailey. The clowns are still there, but hardly wear any makeup. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & ...

After leaving the circus, we noticed a clown standing near the exit… staring directly at us. At first, we thought it was part ...

I grew up in a city that featured the Peru Amateur Circus. I played trumpet in the circus band, my younger sister was an aerialist. I knew the first human cannonball, W.W. Wilno, and went to school ...

Khedr – a gymnastics and parkour specialist – fled the circus tent in Gaza City and moved south. From his tent in southern ...

I keep reading commentary calling the U.S. House of Representatives a "circus." This aspersion libels circuses; they are well organized, smoothly run organizations. A ringmaster controls three arenas ...

In the summer of 1855, Canada was far from the polite neighbor up north with a penchant for weird bacon and a Tim’s double-double. In reality, Toronto was more like Bill the Butcher’s Five Points in ...

A long-time clown describes meeting his wife at a convention, touring worldwide for years, and why the couple ultimately ...

PERU, Ind. — I grew up in a city that featured the Peru Amateur Circus. I played trumpet in the circus band, my younger sister was an aerialist. I knew the first human cannonball, W.W. Wilno, and went ...