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“Right side and with intensity, okay?” “Is that everything? It seemed like he said quite a bit more than that.” – Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation There’s no way I’ll be able to top yesterday’s anecdote about Meryl Streep dreams, but…
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Charles Lewis III, lining it up. All men, mostly White – this is the LEAST likely line-up for Olympians auditions. “Give [the audience] pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.” – Alfred Hitchcock, Asbury…
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Charles Lewis III, on directing for the SF Olympians Festival. Pre-show layout for “Hydra” by Tonya Narvaez “Cut! That’s a print. Now get that bastard off my set!” – John Frankenheimer The quote above from the late film director was reportedly…
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Charles Lewis III is revisiting old demons. “We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.” – Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist About a week or so back, our esteemed Executive Director Stuart Bousel mentioned on…
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Charles Lewis III, working. Pay no attention to the ninjas on stage. “They played at hearts as other children might play at ball; only, as it was really their two hearts that they flung to and fro, they had to be…
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Charles Lewis III checking in from the most recent Olympians meeting. For last year’s fest Steve wore a dog collar. What has he got planned THIS time? “I had been alone more than I could have been, had I gone by…
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Charles Lewis III, contemplating sound body and sound mind? “Heartthrob? Never! Black ‘n ugly as ever…” – The Notorious BIG, “One More Chance” I have this thing I do before every show. It’s really not all that different from the pre-show…
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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…
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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…
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Charles Lewis III, breaking his own format. “I wonder if anyone ever notices the cross and Virgin Mary in my hand?” “Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” – Toni Morrison, Beloved This is about race. You don’t wanna read…