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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
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Year on Stage 2025, part 1—the not-so-great stuff

A year of devastating cuts, wild uncertainty, and unexpected departures left its mark on the SF scene.
Arts + Culture

Drama Masks: Let’s get ‘Ruthless!’ for the holidays

New Conservatory Theater spices up the holidays with camp. Plus: Circus Bella's 'Starlight' brings delightful twists.
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Joy to ‘The Golden Girls,’ the ladies reign

They're back and full of cheer. Plus: 'Amalia y la vida de las cosas' weaves a Wonderland from humble materials.
Stage Review

Drama Masks: A visceral crawl through our wild moment in ‘weird inkling’

With poignant hullaballoo, Keith Hennessy and Circo Zero literally tore it up at the figure it out dance festival.
Stage Review

Drama Masks: A ‘Monkey King’ whose lessons match its lavishness

Plus: 'Mother of Exiles' at Berkeley Rep, Shotgun's 'Sunday in the Park with George'—and can 'Cabaret' get too punk?
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Facing—and acing—a Herculean task

A great warrior for COVID safety left us, and a Greek warrior-god graced the stage after 300 years.
Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Hills of California’ sings, ‘Woman in Black’ thrills

As our leaders take the wrong lesson from 'The Crucible,' two shows transport us far away with music and mystery.
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Could the tide be turning?

What Pandora's box really held. Plus: youthful (and not so youthful) hijinks in SF Opera's 'Parsifal' and 'Dada Teen Musical'
Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Suffs’ brings the fervor, ‘Spanish Stew’ heats up old school SF

Plus: Fascinating 'Pilgrimage' follows four Muslim women on their Hajj to Mecca. A trio of new play reviews
Drama Masks

Drama Masks: In no mood for theatrics

When self-professed "villain" Scott Wiener is centerstage at the No Kings rally, maybe it's time to question the whole production.
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