Twenty-four Carat Cinema: ‘Girl in Golden Gate Park’ – 2021 SF Indiefest
An intimate story about a changing San Francisco makes for one of the best films of the still-young year of 2021.
Inside-Out: My 2019 in Bay Area Theatre
No “Best Of” yet, but here are some emotional ponderances on the decade-ending year that was.
Loud AND Ladylike: ‘The Daughters’ World Premiere (Sandbox Series) by SF Playhouse
The changing face of SF’s Lesbian community is wonderfully realized in this Sandbox world premiere.
‘In Braunau’ is Out of Ideas: World Premiere (Sandbox) production by SF Playhouse
This would-be satire of White progressivism soon devolves into a poor treatise on the evils of fascism.
Playground Double-Feature: ‘Hedge’ and ‘Kano + Abe’
I spotlight two shows in Playground’s “Best Of” festival, both of which focus on Bay Area neighborhoods.
One is a hypocritical gentrification drama, the other is a creative (if flawed) crime story.
Where the Heart is: ‘Home’ at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
The San Francisco theatre institution marks its return with this stripped-down revival of Samm-Art Williams’ critically-acclaimed play.
Ticket to Ride: ‘Jitney’ at Af-Am Shakes
The stage may be new for Af-Am Shakes, but August Wilson’s script is as timely as ever.
In For a Penny: Of the People, By the People, For the People
Originally posted on San Francisco Theater Pub:
Charles Lewis III, giving us another look at Paul Flores. Paul Flores in character, in public. “There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down Brothas on the Instant Replay” – Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution Will Not be Televised On-site theatre…
In For a Penny: Under the Big Top
Originally posted on San Francisco Theater Pub:
Charles Lewis III on the Super Bowl. I still don’t get why people are scared of clowns? “Damn everything but the circus!” – e e cummings, Him You may have noticed a change in The City this past weekend. No, I…
In For a Penny: Three the Hard Way
Originally posted on San Francisco Theater Pub:
Charles Lewis listens to his other self. Both of them “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” — Matthew 6:34, King James…
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 