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

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.

Performance

447 Minna: Best of the Bay 2023 Editors’ Pick

October 24, 2023

The new performance venue is already helping indie arts companies with outsider sensibilities find a new home

Stage Review

Bleep, bloop, apocalypse: ‘Rossum’s Universal Robots’ looks back to the future

October 20, 2023

Cutting Ball's latest searches for ghosts in the machine of a 1920 text, amid our 2023 tech overload

Charles Lewis III

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

447 Minna: Best of the Bay 2023 Editors’ Pick

Bleep, bloop, apocalypse: ‘Rossum’s Universal Robots’ looks back to the future

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