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 ...

There will still be acrobats and, of course, clowns, but all will be performing in service of an over-arching story, something Ringling Bros. has never tried before. The new Ringling Bros.