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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

Killing My Lobster dives into improv pot for ‘Lobster Boil,’ emerges fully cooked

Unique script pushes the veteran comedy troupe to push for laughs like they have something to prove.
Stage Review

‘Hear Our Voices’: How many colors are in that Pride flag?

Left Coast Theatre Co.’s new show of shorts aims to represent myriad queer identities—and almost gets there
Stage Review

Mythic TikTok: Ancient heartbreak gets a Gen Z update in ‘Red Red Red’

OTP's staging of poet Anne Carsons retelling of the Greek tale of Geryon nails eternal youthful crushes.
Stage Review

‘Blue Door’ brilliantly worms out the mundane intricacies of Black self-hatred

At Aurora, Michael J. Asberry gives one of his best performances as an Ivy League prof haunted by valiant ancestors.
Stage Review

Uproarious camp-fest ‘Bitch Slap!’ is a surprisingly touching ode to SF

D'Arcy Drollingers tribute to over-the-top '80s soaps features the talents of folks who could only be found here.
Arts + Culture

‘The Tutor’ offers a radical take on love triangles, queer Iranian expat-style

Torange Yeghiazarian's NCTC play refreshingly lets a young lesbian from a repressive county just be horny.
Stage Review

‘A Strange Loop’ takes too much glee in the trauma of its Black queer lead

Despite talented cast, catchy tunes, and a show-stopping number, Broadway sensation comes off as torture porn.
Stage Review

In ‘Forever Plaid,’ a bit of light entertainment in the afterlife

A dead classic pop quartet has the pipes, if not the complex backstory, in 42nd Moon's family-friendly production.
Stage Review

Unbearable tension of ghosts past and present in ‘Returning to Haifa’

Palestinians come back home in the shadow of the Six-Day War, in Golden Thread's latest on Potrero Stage.
Stage Review

Revisiting the violent time when drag was illegal in ‘The Pride of Lions’

Risking it all in the 1920s to perform onstage and live authentically in Theatre Rhino's latest, by Roger Mason.
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