David Shih, Ahmad Kamal, Red Concepción , Scott Keiji Takeda, Michael Hisamoto, and Earl T. Kim. Photo by Emma Zordan Sumo is ...

A look into the larger world of sumo is what playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring puts before us in her new play "SUMO," at the ...

Just like the Japanese sport it's inspired by, the new off-Broadway play is part ritual, part athletic spectacle.

An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.

Imagine stepping into the MMA ring with a former sumo wrestling legend who towers over you by a good foot and weighs nearly ...

F or a show in which the majority of actors spend most of their time wearing only mawashi, Sumo is extremely well dressed. Directed by Ralph B. Peña, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s explor ...

We investigate how rikishi perceive the sumo ring, a circle 4.55 meters across. Along the way we highlight the work that goes into constructing it and how rikishi grip the clay with their toes.

The lowest man, So, spends a lot of time serving the rice and sweeping the ring. Yet there is someone beneath even him. Naturally, that's the unranked newcomer, Akio (Scott Keiji Takeda): an ...