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 & ...

This year marks 250 years since the start of modern circus. It was in 1768 that Philip Astley began his circus entertainment in Waterloo in London. To celebrate, here's the latest in our new series of ...

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 ...

TV clowns were all over the place in the 1960s. While they were popular for the time, these particular clowns would terrify ...

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 ...

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

The “smiling clown” sign from the former Circus Drive-In restaurant that charmed Route 35 motorists in Monmouth County for more than six decades has recently been discovered by local residents ...

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