Just like the Japanese sport it's inspired by, the new off-Broadway play is part ritual, part athletic spectacle.
Fading public interest and a declining number of wrestlers is weighing heavily on the traditional sport of sumo. However, siblings and relatives of active and past competitors entering the dohyo ...
An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.
Sixty-five sumo wrestlers will withdraw from the first tournament of the year, which opens on Jan. 10, after five more were confirmed infected with the coronavirus, the Japan Sumo Association ...
Lisa Sanaye Dring’s play at the Public Theater follows a stable of sumo wrestlers; Rajiv Joseph’s drama, presented by ...