When Circus Harmony starts a troupe in Ferguson, Missouri, in February (funded in part by a social impact grant from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission), the Circus Lady intends to have her ...

Of all the not-quite-translatable words in the German langauge, schadenfreude is one of the best known to English speakers. It’s also one of the most delectable. It refers to the joy one takes in ...

Increasingly known throughout the United States and abroad, the “Circus Lady” — the founder, executive and artistic director of St. Louis, Mo.-based Circus Harmony — “has a long history of building ...

LIFE’S A CIRCUS—Lady Eleanor Smith —Doubleday, Doran ($2.75). Born “dead” and resuscitated by brandy massage 35 years ago in a “cottagy” house in the seaport town of Birkenhead, was Lady Eleanor Smith ...

The youthful high spirits on display as well as the lively acrobatics could make this an attractive package for broadcasters. When multiracial youth circus troupe the St. Louis Arches set out for ...

The circus might conjure up images of burly strong men, ringmasters in top hats and dainty acrobats in frilly outfits. But this all-female circus troupe is bringing something entirely different to the ...

The cast of “My Fair Lady, with Paul Schoeffler, center, runs through a scene earlier this week. Renée C. Byer [email protected] Actor Paul Schoeffler seems so calm and unpretentiously confident it’s ...