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🐀 sumo showdown
🐀 The Rat Enters the Ring…
Welcome to The Stage Rat—where a cunning, theatre-loving rodent (me) scurries into the sumo ring to grapple with the latest in NYC theatre. I may not weigh 300 pounds or wear a mawashi, but I do know how to push my way through overpriced tickets, bloated hype, and the occasional theatre snob.
The Rat wants you to have a better theatre experience. I dig through the noise, find the hidden gems, and even toss out free tickets every week.
But this isn’t just about finding good theatre. It’s about building something bigger. Right now, thousands of rats (yes, you) are making theatre more accessible, more exciting, and more fun. Consider this your salt-throwing, foot-stomping invitation to join the fight.
Now, let’s talk SUMO.
THE RAT’S RECOMMENDATION:
“SUMO”
Cheese Score: 🧀🧀🧀 (3/5)
Description: A young sumo wrestler fights for glory in a brutal world of tradition, ambition, and sacrifice.
Why You Should Care:
Sweat, Grit, and Ritual – An unusual glimpse into the world of sumo is as brutal as it is beautiful, blending warrior discipline with monk-like devotion. You’ll feel the weight—literally and metaphorically—of every move.
Carnal – Taiko drumming, very physical and complex fight sequences, projection mapping and a lot of near naked bodies. If you’re in the front row prepare yourself.
Big Feelings – Beneath the physical power lies a raw emotional core, as these men grapple (literally) with love, loneliness, honor, and what it means to belong.
Old Meets New– Tradition collides with ambition, and the tension between ancient customs and modern dreams keeps every scene charged. It’s sweaty. It’s spiritual. It slaps.
Where and When – The Public, NYC, Show Duration- 2 hours 10 mins.
Who to Bring – Your sumo outfit, your sonic shirt, your sports bro who peaked in college, your boss who thinks suffering builds character, your drunk karaoke friends.
Rat Tip – Make sure to pronounce it su-MOOOOOO. Brush up on sumo ranking and rituals beforehand, or prepare to nod like you totally understand why a man in a ceremonial apron is twirling things.
Have you seen it? What's your rating? |
Overall Cheese rating: 3/5
Tickets: To get tickets to SUMO for you and someone else 👀 enter this week’s ticket lottery below.
Happy Hour…
Thank you so much to all the rats that came out for the Happy Hour last week - it was so much fun to meet you all and talk all about theatre 🧀 🧀 Harrison brought an actual rat puppet that he built! (check out below 👀 )
If you want to help shape the future of the stage rat join the waitlist for our paid membership (coming soon)—we’re building it with you and have many exciting things planned but you won’t see it if you’re not on the waitlist - join below
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Free Tickets to SUMO
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Until next week, keep it dramatic, keep it ratty, and always aim for center stage! 🐀✨.
P.S. Thanks for being part of this weird rat family. Please reply to this email and let us rats know how we are doing?
With lots of Ratitude,
The Stage Rat