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Charles Lewis III

Charles Lewis III
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Charles Lewis III is a San Francisco-born journalist, theatre artist, and arts critic. You can find dodgy evidence of this at thethinkingmansidiot.wordpress.com

Drama Masks: When public transit woes make you miss the show

BART and Muni cuts—not to mention the threat the new regime poses to local arts—will most certainly sever theatre lifelines.

Drama Masks: Voices of incarcerated women take center stage at YBCA

Art exhibit 'The Only Door I Can Open' and Flyaway Productions' 'I Give You My Sorrows' speak out for prisoners' rights.

Drama Masks: Two nights at the Ballet, one hot and one cold

Weathering scoffs and tiffs at SF Ballet's Opening Night extravaganza, soaking in the provocative joys of 'Manon'

Drama Masks: Getting ready for the backwards slide

As the government and major corporations ax DEI initiatives with abandon, will local theatre soon follow suit?

Drama Masks: 2025 kicks off with trans visibility center-stage

Glamorous 'Some Like It Hot' dances up historical inclusion; 'Dragcula' foregrounds the ultimate weapon: joy.

Year on Stage 2024, part 3: Working together is the way forward

More collaborations, more streaming, more bravery, more meaning—several ways local theatre can face what's ahead.

Year on Stage, 2024, part 2: The highs took a bold stand

The best productions of the year faced what was happening in the world directly, offering oases of inspiration.

Year on Stage 2024, part 1: The lows (and some hope)

The Bay Area theatre scene lost a lot—and ignored a lot—this year, when we needed it more than ever. But we're still hanging on.

Drama Masks: Two different ‘Carols’ while the world gets Scrooged

SF Mime Troupe's populist 'A Red Carol' and ACT's new 'A Whynot Christmas Carol' create a curious holiday dichotomy.

Drama Masks: Amid topical twists, SF Ballet delivers another gorgeous ‘Nutcracker’

The annual fairy frolic enchanted an audience all-too-ready to embrace an epic battle against the evil Mouse King.