Under The Big Top

An elephant from the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus is led to the 2 Penn Plaza entrance of New York's Madison Square Garden to feast on matzoh and fresh fruit on April 4, 2007. Five elephants were fed the meal in honor of the Passover holiday.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus clown Olex Kartukov, right, offers Asia the elephant some fresh melon to coax her into opening her mouth as two handlers look to remove an entire box of matzoh that she shoved into her mouth (including the box) during a special feeding on April 4, 2007, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus clown Olex Kartukov, right, comforts Aisa the elephant after her handler had to remove an entire box of matzoh from her mouth during a special feeding on April 4, 2007, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Five elephants were fed the feast in honor of the Passover holiday.

Asia, left, an elephant with the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, tosses a trunk full of matzoh into its mouth as Olex Kartukov, a clown, feeds some into another elephant on April 4, 2007, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Five elephants were treated to the meal in honor of the Passover holiday.

Hip Hop Circus

Recording artist and actor Chris Brown, right, poses with clown Bello Nock backstage at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 3, 2007. Brown was among the performers at Tuesday's Bellobration show, named for the tall-haired clown.

Circus performers entertain the crowd during Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' Bellobration at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 3, 2007.

Colorful performers entertain the crowd during Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 3, 2007.

Acrobats dazzle the crowd during Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 3, 2007.

Hip-hop artist Lloyd performs during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 3, 2007.

Circus performers perform live during Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 3, 2007. The show's exotic animals include include Asian elephants, Royal Bengal and white tigers.

Circus Celebrities

Actor Ethan Hawke and famous clown Bello Nock pet a zebra backstage after a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey performance at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 2, 2007.

Actor Billy Crudup and clown Bello Nock pose backstage after a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 2, 2007.

Actor Ethan Hawke and his son meet famous clown Bello Nock backstage after a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 2, 2007.

Actor Ethan Hawke meets famous clown Bello Nock backstage after a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance of Bellobration, named for the clown, at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 2, 2007.

Ringmaster Ty McFarland, left, actor Ethan Hawke, center and tiger trainer Taba pose for a photo in front of a tiger cage backstage after a live Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus perfomance at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 2, 2007.

Famous clown Bello Nock poses backstage with musical artist Derek Trucks, right, his wife, musical artist Susan Tedeschi, second from right, and their children after attending the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Bellobration show at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 2, 2007.

Bello the clown tempts fate atop the Wheel of Steel during the hair-raising Bellobration performance at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 2, 2007.

Elephants stand on their trunks during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 2, 2007.

Famous clown Bello Nock rides his minibike during a performance of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in New York on April 2, 2007. Three days earlier, the tiny cycle was taken from a Manhattan street as Bello and other clowns put on an impromptu show. He was reunited with the bike after a man noticed the itty-bitty cycle outside of a restaurant and returned it to the clown.