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

Clash of generations in ‘Aunt Jack’ hilariously upends LGBTQ+ cliches

October 10, 2022

Nora Brigid Monahan's West Coast premiere at New Conservatory seizes on familiar genre tropes to tell a necessary story

Stage Review

Rousing ‘Indecent’ is a celebration of Judaism and theater

October 7, 2022

SF Playhouse production of Paula Vogel's play delves deep in the past to question the political role of art

Stage Review

Naming the wave: Christina Anderson’s ‘the ripple’ dives into deep waters

October 4, 2022

World premiere multigenerational drama at Berkeley Rep swims through acts of righteous rebellion

Arts + Culture

At Cal Shakes, a ‘Lear’ set adrift in Black San Francisco

September 28, 2022

Marcus Gardley's play moves Shakespeare's royal tragedy to the Fillmore in 1969, with much pontificating.

Stage Review

‘Man of God’: High school avengers seek to slay for thousand sexist cuts

September 28, 2022

Trigger warning: This review and the production it covers address the topics of sexual harassment, sexual assault, incest, and eating disorders. At the traditional pre-show...

Stage Review

Keith Hennessy set the pandemic to dance at CounterPulse with ‘Back’

September 23, 2022

The choreographer finds joy—and a fanciful stage wardrobe—in early COVID memories.

Stage Review

Going hard for the Bard: SF Opera’s jaw-dropping ‘Antony and Cleopatra’

September 21, 2022

John Adams' latest transports Shakespeare to 1930s Europe—and set designer Mimi Lien nearly steals the show

Stage Review

Eclectic ‘Evolution’ from Ferocious Lotus runs gamut of Asian American expression

September 20, 2022

Supernatural historical epic, time-traveling sci-fi comedy, romantic parody add up to a theatrical sizzle reel

Stage Review

Truth, as viewed through a tangle of perceptions, in ‘This Much I Know’

September 16, 2022

Two things came to mind as I sat down to write this review. The first was a line from Indiana Jones and the Last...

Stage Review

When familiar feels fresh: World premiere of ‘Goddess’ transcends

August 29, 2022

Now when can we get that original cast recording?

Charles Lewis III

Clash of generations in ‘Aunt Jack’ hilariously upends LGBTQ+ cliches

Rousing ‘Indecent’ is a celebration of Judaism and theater

Naming the wave: Christina Anderson’s ‘the ripple’ dives into deep waters

At Cal Shakes, a ‘Lear’ set adrift in Black San Francisco

‘Man of God’: High school avengers seek to slay for thousand sexist cuts

Keith Hennessy set the pandemic to dance at CounterPulse with ‘Back’

Going hard for the Bard: SF Opera’s jaw-dropping ‘Antony and Cleopatra’

Eclectic ‘Evolution’ from Ferocious Lotus runs gamut of Asian American expression

Truth, as viewed through a tangle of perceptions, in ‘This Much I Know’

When familiar feels fresh: World premiere of ‘Goddess’ transcends

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