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

Big Brotherly love? Finally, a Bay Area premiere for Michael Gene Sullivan’s ‘1984’

December 3, 2023

(Un)fortunately, this adaptation of Orville's famed surveillance story is evergreen.

Stage Review

SF Opera’s ‘The Elixir of Love’ presents case for resuscitating problematic ‘classics’

November 30, 2023

'Nice guy' trope and love drugs aside, are you drinking the potion?

Best of the Bay

Jasmine Milan: Best of the Bay 2023 Editors’ Pick

November 28, 2023

Standout Oakland actress shines light on stories of Black and queer liberation—and even crafts dreamy costuming.

Stage Review

How to get a ‘Hedwig’ in queer theater

November 21, 2023

20 years in, the transgender rock chanteuse from East Germany inspires and provokes at Shotgun.

Stage Review

‘Bulrusher’: A California story that wades into fetid weeds

November 16, 2023

Eisa Davis' 2007 Pulitzer nominee at Berkeley Rep is engrossing, until it succumbs to colorism and misogynoir.

Stage Review

‘Omar’ is pretty to look at, but opera treats slavery with kid gloves

November 13, 2023

New work by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels traces the tempestuous life of enslaved African scholar Omar ibn Said.

Stage Review

‘The Engine of Our Disruption’: Rev up the tech industry satire

November 9, 2023

Patricia Milton's swing at our overlords, playing at Central Works, works best when things get personal.

Art Review

‘Custer had it coming’: Duane Linklater’s missives from an Indigenous present

November 7, 2023

In 'mymothersside' at BAMPFA, the Omaskêko Cree artist considers the importance of anti-colonialist language.

Stage Review

A dreamlike tale of anxious immigrant experiences in ‘Citizen’

October 30, 2023

Word for Word stages Greg Sarris' story of a young Mexican-Native American man grappling with a unique identity

Stage Review

A man, a plan, a swan: SF Opera’s ‘Lohengrin’ shimmers despite Wagner’s bloat

October 24, 2023

Striking sets, strong company, and excellent conducting by Eun Sun Kim enliven this epic journey through German folklore.

Charles Lewis III

Big Brotherly love? Finally, a Bay Area premiere for Michael Gene Sullivan’s ‘1984’

SF Opera’s ‘The Elixir of Love’ presents case for resuscitating problematic ‘classics’

Jasmine Milan: Best of the Bay 2023 Editors’ Pick

How to get a ‘Hedwig’ in queer theater

‘Bulrusher’: A California story that wades into fetid weeds

‘Omar’ is pretty to look at, but opera treats slavery with kid gloves

‘The Engine of Our Disruption’: Rev up the tech industry satire

‘Custer had it coming’: Duane Linklater’s missives from an Indigenous present

A dreamlike tale of anxious immigrant experiences in ‘Citizen’

A man, a plan, a swan: SF Opera’s ‘Lohengrin’ shimmers despite Wagner’s bloat

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