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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

Circus Bella heats up the winter big top with ‘Kaleidoscope’

Beloved troupe brings their awe-spurring feats of skill indoors, with all the juggling, contortion, and balanced derby hats intact.
Stage Review

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
Stage Review

‘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.
Stage Review

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
Stage Review

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?
Stage Review

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.
Stage Review

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?
Best of the Bay

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.
Stage Review

How to get a ‘Hedwig’ in queer theater

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

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