Christmas Movie Round-Up 2019
A Christmas screen-hop features Black Power, White romance, and Sci-Fi. Guess which one I loved?
Spellbinding: ‘Some Enchanted Evenings’ at The EXIT Stage Left
Two of the most important names in Bay Area independent theatre share the joy of storytelling over the course of one hour.
X-mas Day Quadruple-Feature: ‘The Last Jedi’; ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’; ‘The Shape of Water’; ‘The Disaster Artist’
Jedis, jungles, fish-man junk, & James Franco.
All but the last made for a great day at the multiplex.
Average ‘King’: ‘Edward King’ at Central Works
Creative production values can’t save a muddled script in this Central Works show.
Tall Tale: ‘Spell Eternity’ at Quantum Dragon Theatre
My first-ever Quantum Dragon show is hindered by – of all things – TOO MUCH world-building.
Theater Around The Bay: Talk is Sheep
Originally posted on San Francisco Theater Pub:
Charles Lewis III brings us a special report on the rebirth of Theater Pub’s performance branch. Welcome back, old friend. Right now I have three distinct memories stuck in my head. The first takes place a few years ago when I…
Sucking out all the Fun
The popular YA is dead-on-arrival in this horrible adaptation from the creators of HEATHERS and MEAN GIRLS.
Summer Reading Lust: ‘Return of the Dapper Men’
Watercolors and an anime sensibility make this steampunk adventure an easy read.
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 