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

‘Il Trovatore’ offers vengeful bloodlust, mystic kidnappers, and a sprint to the finish

September 25, 2023

SF Opera's new production of Verdi's overstuffed, time-jumping, ethnically problematic opera goes for the entertainment factor

Stage Review

Boxing with parenthood and prejudice, plus puppet, in ‘Wolf Play’

September 21, 2023

In a perfect world, the ability to choose one’s own family would be on par with the acknowledgement of your biological kin. The excuse...

Stage Review

Taylor Mac’s audacious ‘Gary’ adds excess to a Shakespeare gore-fest

September 20, 2023

A sequel to 'Titus Andronicus'? You better go big, and Oakland Theater Project makes a valiant effort with minimal means.

Stage Review

Speculative Shakespeare, and a cocky Kit Marlowe, in Aurora’s ‘Born with Teeth’

September 19, 2023

Two giants of literature bicker literately in Liz Duffy Adams' entertainingly tinfoil-hat take on the Bard

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Despite funky promise, ‘Hippest Trip’ plays like Black history written by ChatGPT

September 13, 2023

'Soul Train' tribute at ACT jumps the rails when it comes to representation, power, and even music

Stage Review

An excellent ‘Odyssey’ of surprises at Marin Theatre Company

September 7, 2023

Lisa Peterson puts the Western classic in the hands of four refugee women, who bring it to deeply resonant life

Stage Review

All hail the meat sacks! It’s Killing My Lobster’s ‘The Skin We’re In’

August 25, 2023

The troupe mines laughs from the human body's unpredictable horrors and triumphs at CounterPulse

Stage Review

‘Sylvester, the Mighty Real’ chases SF’s soul through city streets

August 21, 2023

Marvin K. White and Eye Zen's dramatic walking tour beatifies the queer singer, but dances around a central conflict

Stage Review

World’s longest poem gets a speedy, sassy retelling in ‘Mahābhārata’

August 17, 2023

At Z Space, J Jha shines as production's sole interpreter of boundless Indian mythology.

Stage Review

Just like a real family get-together, ‘Josephine’s Feast’ is both cringe and sweet

August 15, 2023

All-Black cast at Magic Theatre navigates generation gaps and gender roles around the table in Star Finch's latest

Charles Lewis III

‘Il Trovatore’ offers vengeful bloodlust, mystic kidnappers, and a sprint to the finish

Boxing with parenthood and prejudice, plus puppet, in ‘Wolf Play’

Taylor Mac’s audacious ‘Gary’ adds excess to a Shakespeare gore-fest

Speculative Shakespeare, and a cocky Kit Marlowe, in Aurora’s ‘Born with Teeth’

Despite funky promise, ‘Hippest Trip’ plays like Black history written by ChatGPT

An excellent ‘Odyssey’ of surprises at Marin Theatre Company

All hail the meat sacks! It’s Killing My Lobster’s ‘The Skin We’re In’

‘Sylvester, the Mighty Real’ chases SF’s soul through city streets

World’s longest poem gets a speedy, sassy retelling in ‘Mahābhārata’

Just like a real family get-together, ‘Josephine’s Feast’ is both cringe and sweet

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