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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

‘Ode to Jane’: Flying high in the Tenderloin for abortion rights

Flyaway Productions' latest sees death-defying dancers dangling above while trenchant pro-choice voices play.

Rapping out historical trauma across the Rio Grande in ‘Mexodus’

Little-known history of enslaved people escaping to Mexico is brought to exhilarating musical life at Berkeley Rep.

Latine update of Coward’s ‘Private Lives’ added layers to 100-year-old toxic tale

At ACT, director K.J. Sanchez's race-bent casting discovered new depths in the marriage-is-hell comedy.

Killing My Lobster’s Agatha Christie send-up slays racist whodunnit tropes

The comedy troupe's 'J'Accuse!' gets its kicks spoofing melodramatic murderers and foul epithets.

A hearty Amen! to ‘The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body’

At Magic Theatre, Lisa B. Thompson's play preaches holistic self-acceptance via three vivacious leads.

Clearing the cobwebs from ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ at Center Rep

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Cal Shakes returns with a sparkling cast for ‘As You Like It’

The rescued company's new production dazzles, but sudden tonal shifts can leave one lost in the forest of Arden.

Death is a vivid handshake in beguiling ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’

SF Opera's Verdi is taut and athletic under conductor Eun Sun Kim, with a game cast and striking costumes.

In ‘Paradise,’ Puerto Rico’s colonial struggles reflected in everyday life

Tere Martínez's bright, brief play at Brava shows how imperialism becomes the norm by pitting folks against one another.

In peppy ‘Legally Blonde,’ institutional sexism in pink and white

Ray of Light Theatre casting a Black lead in beloved story adds much-needed diversity, but also some confusion.