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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

‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’: A nightmare ride in a chic vehicle

Buckle up for a scathing night, with Oakland Theater Project's version of the Edward Albee mainstay.

Quaking with fervor at the brothel in ‘The Confession of Lily Dare’

Camp maven Charles Busch's latest at NCTC has all the diva elements, although the execution's airy.

Mark Anthony Thompson’s ‘The Ni¿¿er Lovers’ boasted a helluva cast, and much to say

Latest show at Magic Theater was both too little and a lot, but game players and even-handed direction kept things afloat.

The harsh winter of ‘Let the Right One In’

How does the second-most well-known Swedish tale in the US fare on a local stage?

Cereal and footie PJs, check. ‘Toon-themed sketch show will bring you back

Killing My Lobster mines laughs from 'Duck Tales,' the Ninja Turtles, and Sailor Moon.

In ‘Chinglish,’ much to be found via that which is lost in translation

United States and China's marriage of convenience gets a hard, if humorous look at SF Playhouse.

Immersive ‘We Build Houses Here’ morphs drag club into heartbreaking shipwreck

Detour's production an ode to things lost—yes, including Mission Pie and The Stud.

‘Horizon Stanzas’ was a harrowing, gripping conjure of abuse through dance

Joe Goode Annex show employed owl masks and occasional blackouts to depict power imbalance.

I just caught COVID—right before essential safety measures expire

As someone uninsured, I was lucky to get free vax, tests, and Paxlovid. We may be all on our own after May 11

In ‘Exhaustion Arroyo,’ hell is a pizza parlor (but escape—and ‘shrooms—await)

An urgent Gen-Z Latinx tale of inheriting a world that’s burning around you, at Cutting Ball Theatre