Shaw made his off-Broadway debut in 1992 with his first comedy, A Catered affair, in collaboration with film and Broadway producer George W.
The New York Times hailed The Gathering as "thoughtful, provocative, filled with humor and warmth, fierce drama, potent theater.
"[4] His 2004 production of Magic Hands Freddy received positive reviews by The New York Times [5] the play was written by Shaw and directed by Rebecca Taylor.
Arje Shaw was the creator of The Sonnet Man, a music production company representing the Shakespeare Hip Hop fusion artist Devon Glover.
[10] Later, the family spent three years in a refugee camp at Bergen-Belsen, where hunger and deprivation played a searing role.