Who doesn’t want to run away with the circus? Well, for those of us who weren’t able to head out on the road with the lions and tigers and clowns (though you might want to see the sharp, dark, funny ...

Into the tanbark of the Moscow Circus rolled a huge papier-maché head with bulbous nose, watery blue eyes and a patch of wispy hair made of brambles. This, explained Russia’s famed Magician Kio, was ...