There is a little tap on his dressing room door and David Larible, the world’s most celebrated clown, calls out: “Come on in.” He is alone, looking glum, quietly strumming a guitar, leaning into the ...

“As a garrulous retired professional circus clown I cannot help sharing the briefest of memories with you of the real clown car. The one I was stuffed, crammed, and pummeled into at Ringling ...