“When you start doing the lines, if they're not precise, you’ll end up with a really crazy ... drawings of clowns on jailhouse envelopes sent by their dads. “They weren't circus clowns ...

Was that really a circus I had just witnessed? Somewhere, the Ringling Brothers were spinning in their graves, or flying on a ...

From rainy Friday evening, through Saturday night lit by the full moon, until brunch on Sunday’s sunny afternoon, downtown ...

The odds of landing a coveted spot on the Ringling Bros. Circus’ elite traveling clown corps might be slightly higher than winning the lottery. But not by a whole lot. More than 4,000 clown ...

The emblematic sad clown that we know today evolved from the melancholic, talc-dusted Pedrolino of 16th-century Italian commedia dell’arte, while the contemporary circus clown, with his ...

Clowns have existed way before the silver screen, or even the circus. Royal entertainers have been referenced in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and China, though the word ‘clown’ did not come ...

The News 9 team also spoke with one of the circus clowns, Larry, to learn more about the show. A: My whole life. This is my life's dream at eight years old, and I get to live it every day.

The circus will perform seven shows at the Murat Theatre and the Egyptian Room at the Old National Centre from Friday, Sept. 26-Sunday, Sept. 28. The show will feature exotic animals, clowns and a ...