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

In poignant ‘The Far Country,’ immigrants caught in an endless cycle of abuse

March 26, 2024

Lloyd Suh's Berkeley Rep premiere shows the racist US system's damaging affects on Chinese workers.

Stage Review

Jewelle Gomez’s ‘Unpacking in P’Town’ lights out on 1959 chosen family vacay

March 21, 2024

Playwright says her latest calls upon real life, but its catty quintet seem oddly divorced from the times.

Stage Review

Everyone needs help in ‘Cost of Living’—but how will they ask for it?

March 19, 2024

Martyna Majok's play at Oakland Theater Project takes on America's horror of "hand-outs" with fine performances.

Stage Review

Don’t wake up from SF Ballet’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ too soon

March 17, 2024

Costumes by Christian LaCroix and excellent dancing quickly put viewers under Balanchine and Shakespeare's spell.

Stage Review

Lampooning the foibles of amity in ‘Look! We Have Friends!’

March 12, 2024

Killing My Lobster's latest comic adventure takes aim at Dale Carnegie, Hello Fresh, and the scent of Ben Shapiro.

Stage Review

Eviction breeds guerrillas as the people fight back in ‘Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad’

March 6, 2024

Ashley Smiley's world premiere at Magic Theatre presses hot button issues through the lives of Black San Franciscans.

Art Review

Andrew Wilson’s ‘Torn Asunder’ sees Black men in new light, two ways at once

March 6, 2024

Once a nude model, a photographer imparts the freedom he once felt to others, in show at Johnathan Carver Moore.

Opinion

So Macy’s is leaving. Let it go.

March 4, 2024

Let's use that space for a public benefit, not a corporate chain store.

Stage Review

‘Swan Lake,’ again? SF Ballet’s latest dip into classic justifies return

February 28, 2024

The company has performed the piece three times in four years, but stunning leads and ensemble work keep it fresh

Stage Review

Killing My Lobster sketches a decade of laughs, coked-up Spiderman and all

February 19, 2024

In 'Best of KML,' the venerable comedy troupe revisits some greatest hits—just don't toss that baby out the window.

Charles Lewis III

In poignant ‘The Far Country,’ immigrants caught in an endless cycle of abuse

Jewelle Gomez’s ‘Unpacking in P’Town’ lights out on 1959 chosen family vacay

Everyone needs help in ‘Cost of Living’—but how will they ask for it?

Don’t wake up from SF Ballet’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ too soon

Lampooning the foibles of amity in ‘Look! We Have Friends!’

Eviction breeds guerrillas as the people fight back in ‘Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad’

Andrew Wilson’s ‘Torn Asunder’ sees Black men in new light, two ways at once

So Macy’s is leaving. Let it go.

‘Swan Lake,’ again? SF Ballet’s latest dip into classic justifies return

Killing My Lobster sketches a decade of laughs, coked-up Spiderman and all

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