2020(1): The Year that Hasn’t Ended
Looking back at the two years (and counting) of pop culture during pandemic purgatory.
Joyful Noise: ‘Reel to Reel’ World Premiere at Magic Theatre
The innovative use of technology never gets in the way of the love story in this Magic Theatre world premiere.
In For a Penny: What’s in a Name?
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“Well, that was bloody Shakespearean! D’ya know who Shakespeare is? He wrote the King James Bible!” – Gangs of New York, screenplay by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan It’s a bit empty ‘round the ‘Pub offices these days. Yes, there…
In For A Penny: Vices I Admire
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Charles Lewis III, on why vice can be nice. Yes, I own this shirt. “The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before. The understanding of the intent of the artist…
In For a Penny: Everyone’s a Cricket
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Charles Lewis III, opening the new year with a chirp! “In criticism, I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.” – Edgar Allan Poe, in a letter to Joseph…
In For a Penny: Of Olympic Proportions – The End is the Beginning is The End
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“My royal lord, You do not give the cheer: the feast is sold That is not often vouch’d, while ’tis a-making, ‘Tis given with welcome; to feed were best at home; From thence the sauce to meat is ceremony; Meeting were…
In For a Penny: Of Olympic Proportions – Let the Monster Out
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Charles Lewis III lets the monster out! Artwork by Cody Rishell “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen.” — Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are It all started with a car ride. That’s…
In for a Penny: Introduction – Moment of Claire-ity
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Charles Lewis steps up to become our semi-monthly columnist on Thursdays. “I had an inheritance from my father, It was the moon and the sun. And though I roam all over the world, The spending of it’s never done.” – Ernest…
Theater Around the Bay: First Time A-Fringin’
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Charles Lewis III returns to talk about his first time working behind the scenes at the SF Fringe Festival. Fringe-official “Clowns are the pegs on which a circus is hung.” – PT Barnum We’re always told that first impressions count for…
Of Olympic Proportions: Introduction – The Easiest Job in the World
I’m part of this really cool theatre festival. Let me tell you all about it…
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 