Step Right Up fills some kind of niche: Somewhere there must be a slot left in the canon (perhaps just to the left of a collection of odes to goldfish) for an anthology of circus-related vignettes.

The show begins outside the theater where Artistic Director Clyde Simon, in the role of ringmaster and owner of Mr. Flip's Traveling Freakshow, takes your ticket. There are no rubes in the ...

Now comes my favorite part of the film awards season, the very beginning, when everyone is a contender. It’s just like the old days, when the carnival came to town (also in late summer). Step right up ...

BIG TENT BOP Co-ringmaster Donald “N.O.” Long mastered improv and comedy to become a fresh emcee for Universoul. (Photo courtesy of UniverSoul Circus) Those jonesing for the spectacular, death-defying ...