Big Top Bits: Carson and Barnes, Westward bound? .. Can You Speak Mongolian? Call Kelly-Miller! ... Cirque du Soleil Makes Another Bid for Great White Way Respect

Intriguing movement west:   Following their radiant website (still think it might be the best out there), I see that Carson and Barnes are jumping down into Las Cruces, New Mexico, which makes me wonder if they're flirting with a bigger jump into the Golden State? ...  Or maybe at least as far as Tinsel Town suburbs.  I've a yen for their tinsel tents, hear they have a new ringmaster who quite pleases Harry Kingston, no fan of the departing orator, known for the pony tail ...

Kelly Miller can't stop sharing:  Steve Copeland may have left the lot, but now we have "Hello From Kelly Miller," penned by Clara Sayre for Circus Report, in which she shares details of the backyard scene.  Clara manages the front gate, while hubby John Sayre cavorts as a one-man clown alley in the ring.  In her latest, Clara's asking for anybody who can speak Mongoloid to give a friendly shout out.  Their Mongolian contortionist finally reached the States, being able to speak almost no English.  Show has ordered translation materials to assist  in communication.   "If anybody reading this knows Mongolian," writes Sayre, "message me to help!" ...

END RINGERS: World Circus Day falls on April 19th .... Don Covington, recently back from abroad, detailing in Circus Report  the many circuses and circus festivals and meets to take in Over There.  "Where in the world could you find such a diverse group of circus devotees?  The Monte Carlo Festival reigns supreme as the Oscar ceremony of the circus world.'" ... Cirque du Soleil can't let Broadway alone; they've hired a big stage gun with deep credits to make another try of it .. Also, down Mexico way,  Cirque building a 600-seat theatre, in which patrons will buy a dinner and show combo ... Only 600 seats?  How humbling for the Montreal monster.  Back to baby steps, perhaps ... Heck, Carson and Barnes has more than six hundred seats!