One of them is local composer Peter Bufano, who started his lifelong circus arts career as a Ringling clown. "To me, Ringling going out of business is like my home town shutting down," Bufano told ...

Last year was possibly the pits. Clowns witnessed the shuttering of venerable Ringling Bros., the largest and latest of circuses to close. The layoffs of regional Ronald McDonalds. The movie ...

It’s not just animals and their trainers who have been cut from Ringling Bros. Old-school slapstick clowns are out, too. “I had to leave [the US] in May, 2017, one day after the circus ended ...

The new Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus won’t send in the clowns. The clowns are out. When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey came out of retirement this year, seven years after it ...

The clowns are still there, but hardly wear any makeup. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, that self-proclaimed greatest show on Earth, is back seven years after folding up its big top for ...

After a 6-year hiatus, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus is returning in a revived show that no longer features animal acts. (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; Photos: Getty Images) ...

The pandemic delayed its revival, but a revamped Ringling Bros. show returned to the road in 2023 minus live animals, traditional face-painted clowns or a single ringmaster. ExploreFrom 2019 ...

From classic clowns like Emmet Kelly (aka Weary Willy) of Ringling Bros. fame to the contemporary ones earning laughs at Fringe Festivals worldwide, clowns know how to leverage their massive ...

That's partly why the new Ringling Bros. will feature funny performers − but not traditional clowns in their iconic face paint, which have come to be synonymous with Stephen King's "It" horror ...

As the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus hits the road for the first time in seven years, gone are the tigers, elephants and Pennywise-esque clowns. By Jonathan Abrams Jonathan Abrams saw ...