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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

All hail the warm-hearted holiday chaos of ‘A Very Merry Misfit Cabaret’

Krampus, acrobats, Boba Fett, Gremlins, and Jeffrey Dahmer's cousin bring good ol' mischief to Kat Robichaud's annual show

‘Guys and Dolls’ gambles and wins, shining up tarnished material

SF Playhouse brings warmth, dedication to gangster musical most might only remember from high school.

No genocidal conflicts resolved, but electrifying dancing and much backstory in ‘Tell’

At Dance Mission Theater, Sarah Crowell and Keith Hennessy led a troupe intent on reaching deep inside themselves

Billy Crudup lands the grift in Berkeley Rep’s ‘Harry Clarke’

Solo show is funny, well-produced, stars an award-winning actor—does that explain its wild popularity?

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

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

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

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

Jasmine Milan: Best of the Bay 2023 Editors’ Pick

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

How to get a ‘Hedwig’ in queer theater

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

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

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

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

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