An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.
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INTO on MSNWrestling, religion, and rule-breaking collide in SUMOJust like the Japanese sport it's inspired by, the new off-Broadway play is part ritual, part athletic spectacle.
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Mongolian sumo wrestler appointed grand championA Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the ... "I want to act properly as a yokozuna and do my best," he said. Around 3,500 fans arrived at the Meiji Shine in Tokyo to see the 25-year ...
Read reviews for The Public Theater and Ma-Yi Theater Company’s New York premiere of SUMO, a new play written by Lisa Sanaye ...
Follow three female sumo wrestlers as they compete at the highest level at the Women's Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. The film tracks each athlete's individual journey, from strength and ...
Lisa Sanaye Dring’s play at the Public Theater follows a stable of sumo wrestlers; Rajiv Joseph’s drama, presented by Manhattan Theatre Club, observes a Peace Corps volunteer and a State Department ...
He always had a major handicap as a sumo wrestler because he found it difficult ... the example of Kitaharima who continued to do his best even after falling to sandanme. One opponent Kitaharima ...
Ozeki Onosato and komusubi Abi lost their first bouts at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday, leaving two ...
But rarer, nonexistent even, is a theatrical work about sumo wrestling. Now, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” is transporting Off Broadway audiences at the Public Theater to an intimate sumo ...
Step into the sacred world of sumo wrestling, with the New York premiere of Lisa Sanaye Dring’s mesmerizing new drama, SUMO. Akio arrives as an angry, ambitious 18-year-old with a lot to learn.
A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the ... "I want to act properly as a yokozuna and do my best," he said. AFP/ Getty Images A yokozuna cannot be demoted and is expected to retire ...
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