List of theatres in San Francisco

This is a list of theatres and live performance venues in San Francisco, California.[1][2] For more information on theater in San Francisco, see Culture of San Francisco - Theater.

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  • Alcazar Theatre - 511-seat theater at 650 Geary Street
  • Balancoire - restaurant/bar/club with live performances, 22nd and Mission Streets in the Mission[3]
  • Bayview Opera House - includes a 300-seat theater; at 4705 Third Street[4]
  • Beverly Hills Playhouse of San Francisco - theater and acting school at 414 Mason Street, Suite 502 in Union Square[5]
  • Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - seats 7000, at 99 Grove Street in the San Francisco Civic Center
  • Bimbo's 365 Club - music venue at 1025 Columbus Avenue
  • Bindlestiff Studio - 80-seat Filipino American performing arts center at 185 6th Street[6]
  • Bottom of the Hill - music venue at 1233 17th Street
  • Boxcar Theatre - "immersive theatrical experience" venue at 505 Natoma in SOMA[7]
  • Brava Theatre Center - 360-seat Main Stage and 60-seat Second Stage dedicated to "the artistic expression of women, people of color, youth, LGBTQ and other unheard voices," at 2781 24th Street in the Mission[8]
  • Brick and Mortar - music venue at 1710 Mission Street @ Duboce
  • Cartwright Hotel on Union Square - hosts Magian Productions in the 80-seat Pacific Heights Room, 524 Sutter Street [9]
  • Castro Theatre - 1400 seats, primarily a movie house, but also used for live special events, at 429 Castro Street[10]
  • Center for Sex & Culture - hosts live theater and other events, 1349 Mission Street South of Market[11]
  • Chancellor Hotel Theatre - hosts the San Francisco Magic Parlor at 433 Powell Street
  • The Chapel - music venue at 777 Valencia Street in the Mission[12]
  • Children's Creativity Museum Theater (formerly Zeum Theater) - a 200-seat theater located in Yerba Buena Gardens, across from the Moscone Convention Center
  • Club Fugazi - 400-seat theater and nightclub at 678 Green Street that hosts Beach Blanket Babylon
  • Cobb's Comedy Club - 915 Columbus Avenue
  • Counterpulse - includes a small studio-theater used for co-productions, at 1310 Mission Street, south of Market[13]
  • Custom Made Theatre - Intimate modern plays and musicals. 533 Sutter St - 99 seat theatre. </ref>
  • Curran Theatre - off Union Square; built in 1922
  • Dance Mission Theater - 3316 24th Street in the Mission[14]
  • The Dark Room Theatre - small theatre and event space in the Mission; 2263 Mission Street[15]
  • Diego Rivera Theatre at City College of San Francisco - home of the mural Pan American Unity by Diego Rivera; 50 Phelan Avenue[16]
  • Eureka Theatre - frequent venue for the LGBT company Theatre Rhinoceros, and for 42nd Street Moon; 215 Jackson Street[17]
  • EXIT Theatre - an alternative theater in the downtown Tenderloin neighborhood; 156 Eddy Street
  • Feinstein's at the Nikko - 222 Mason Street[18]
  • Fillmore Auditorium - historic music venue at Fillmore and Geary in the Western Addition
  • Fort Mason Center - former military base now housing the following theatres:
  • Geary Theatre - home of American Conservatory Theater company; 415 Geary Street
  • Golden Gate Theatre - in the Tenderloin; built in 1922; once housed vaudeville acts; owned by SHN
  • Gough Street Playhouse - 50-seat home of the Custom Made Theatre Co.; 1620 Gough Street[22]
  • Grace Cathedral - hosts concerts
  • Great American Music Hall - historic concert hall at 859 O'Farrell Street
  • Great Star Theater - former movie theater, now used for live performances; 636 Jackson Street in Chinatown[23]
  • The Hypnodrome - 575 10th Street[24]
  • Imperial Palace - restaurant featuring weekend production Tony n' Tina's Wedding; 818 Washington Street in Chinatown[25]
  • Independent - music venue at 628 Divisadero @ Grove
  • Inner Mission - theater and event space at 2050 Bryant Street in the Mission, home of Theater MadCap[26]
  • Intersection for the Arts - established in 1965; the oldest alternative non-profit art space in San Francisco; new facility at 925 Mission Street
  • Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium - historic theater at 220 Golden Gate Avenue; hosts productions by Theater of Others[27]
  • Lorraine Hansberry Theatre - African-American theatre in downtown San Francisco
  • Marines Memorial Theater - 609 Sutter Street
  • Market Street Cinema - 1077 Market Street (closed)
  • Marrakech Magic Theatre - featuring the magic of Peter Morrison; 419 O'Farrell Street [28]
  • The Marsh San Francisco MainStage Theatre - specializes in developing new performance; 1062 Valencia Street in the Mission District
  • Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts - includes a 150-seat theater; 2868 Mission Street in the Mission [29]
  • Mojo Theatre - theater in the Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street in the Mission[30]
  • New Conservatory Theatre Center - nonprofit theater company located at 25 Van Ness Avenue
  • New Mission Theater - movie theater at 2550 Mission Street
  • New People Theater - 1746 Post Street[31]
  • Nob Hill Masonic Center - also known as the Masonic Temple or Masonic Auditorium, located at 1111 California Street
  • Nourse Theater - temporary home of City Arts and Lectures; 1693-seat venue at 275 Hayes Street, Civic Center; reopened for lectures and performances in 2013 after a 61-year hiatus[32]
  • OASIS - drag theater and cabaret; 298 11th Street, south of Market[33]
  • ODC Theater - 351 Shotwell Street in the Mission District
  • Orpheum Theatre - in the Tenderloin; built in 1926; Spanish imperial architecture; SF historical landmark; owned by SHN
  • Palace of Fine Arts Theatre - 3301 Lyon Street; originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, has since been rebuilt, renovated and seismically retrofitted[34]
  • Pena Pachamama - 1630 Powell Street[35]
  • Phoenix Theatre - two stages: 6th floor theatre and the Annex, at 414 Mason Street[36]
  • PianoFight - 144 Taylor Street[37]
  • Project Artaud - arts complex and community in the Mission District; includes the following theatres:[38]
    • Joe Goode Annex - performance space for the Joe Goode Performance Group; 401 Alabama Street[39]
    • NOHSpace - host of Theatre of Yugen, 2840 Mariposa Street[40]
    • Z Space - home of the theatre company of the same name, with a main stage and the smaller Z Below theater; 450 Florida Street[41]
  • Punch Line - comedy club at 444 Battery Street
  • Regency Center - major concert venue at 1290 Sutter Street
  • Royce Gallery - historic warehouse performance venue at 2901 Mariposa Street in the Mission[42]
  • Ruby Skye - nightclub and special events venue, formerly the Stage Door Theatre; 420 Mason Street in the Tenderloin
  • SAFEhouseARTS - dance and theater venue at 1 Grove[43]
  • San Francisco Conservatory of Music - includes three performance halls (Concert Hall, Recital Hall, and Osher Salon), at 50 Oak Street (Civic Center)
  • San Francisco Jazz Center - new jazz center at 201 Franklin Street
  • San Francisco Mime Troupe - traveling theater company that performs political musicals
  • San Francisco Playhouse - 199-seat non-profit theater at 450 Post Street in Union Square
  • San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center - complex of large performance spaces in the Civic Center area on Van Ness Avenue which includes the following venues:
  • Shelton Theater - 533 Sutter Street;hosts live performances of musicals, narrative plays, improv, poetry, solo performances, and concerts in a 74- and a 60-seat theater[44]
  • South of Market Cultural Center - includes performance space, managed by SOMArts; 934 Brannan Street[45]
  • Stage Werx Theatre - 446 Valencia Street Mission District theatre hosts love performances, comedy, solo performance, music, and movies[46]
  • Strand Theatre - new venue opened in 2015 owned by American Conservatory Theater; originally opened in 1917 and shuttered in 2003; across from UN Plaza[47]
  • Supperclub - 657 Harrison Street[48]
  • Teatro ZinZanni - cirque, comedy, and cabaret theater, currently without a venue, but seeking to return to the San Francisco waterfront
  • Theatre 39 at Pier 39 - Beach Street at Embarcadero [49]
  • Thick House - theater venue for Art Space Development Corporation (ArtsDeco) at 1695 18th Street, Potrero Hill [50]
  • Tides Theatre - 99-seat theater at 533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, Union Square[51]
  • Un-Scripted Theater Company - 49-seat improv theater at 533 Sutter Street, 2nd floor, Union Square [52]
  • Variety Preview Room Theatre - located in the Hobart building, 582 Market Street[53]
  • Venetian Room at the Fairmont San Francisco - home of Bay Area Cabaret performances,[54] and the venue where Tony Bennett first sang his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"[55]
  • Victoria Theatre- Mission District theater that presents locally produced original plays, live concerts, film festivals, musicals, performances by international performing companies and other kinds of events
  • Viracocha - formerly underground performance venue, now a licensed venue, at 998 Valencia Street in the Mission [56]
  • Walt Disney Family Museum Theater - Presidio Main Post
  • The Warfield - large historic music venue at 982 Market Street
  • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - includes the Novelius/YBCA Theatre; 701 Mission Street
  • Yoshi's San Francisco - jazz club at 1330 Fillmore Street

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SF Gate Events". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Theatre Bay Area Event Listings". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Balancoire
  4. ↑ Bayview Opera House
  5. ↑ Beverly Hills Playhouse
  6. ↑ Bindlestiff Studio
  7. ↑ Boxcar Theatre
  8. ↑ Brava Theatre Center
  9. ↑ Cartwright Hotel on Union Square
  10. ↑ Castro Theatre
  11. ↑ Center for Sex & Culture
  12. ↑ The Chapel
  13. ↑ Counterpulse Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Dance Mission Theater
  15. ↑ The Dark Room Theatre
  16. ↑ Diego Rivera Theatre
  17. ↑ Eureka Theatre
  18. ↑ Feinstein's at the Nikko
  19. ↑ Cowell Theatre
  20. ↑ Magic Theatre
  21. ↑ Southside Theatre
  22. ↑ Gough Street Playhouse
  23. ↑ Great Star Theater
  24. ↑ The Hypnodrome
  25. ↑ Imperial Palace Archived 2015-01-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ↑ Inner Mission Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  27. ↑ Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium
  28. ↑ Marrakech Magic Theatre
  29. ↑ Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
  30. ↑ Mojo Theatre
  31. ↑ "New People: SF". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  32. ↑ Sam Whiting (2013). "Nourse Auditorium Reborn As Theater". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  33. ↑ OASIS
  34. ↑ Palace of Fine Arts Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine.
  35. ↑ Pena Pachamama
  36. ↑ Phoenix Theatre
  37. ↑ PianoFight
  38. ↑ "Project Artaud". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  39. ↑ Joe Goode Annex
  40. ↑ NOHSpace
  41. ↑ Z Space
  42. ↑ Royce Gallery
  43. ↑ SAFEhouseARTS
  44. ↑ "Shelton Theater". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  45. ↑ South of Market Cultural Center
  46. ↑ "Stage Werx Theatre". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  47. ↑ Strand Theatre
  48. ↑ Supperclub
  49. ↑ Theatre 39
  50. ↑ Thick House
  51. ↑ Tides Theatre
  52. ↑ Un-Scripted Theater Company
  53. ↑ Variety Preview Room Theatre
  54. ↑ Bay Area Cabaret
  55. ↑ "The Fairmont Hotel Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Tony Bennett's First Performance of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"". 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  56. ↑ Viracocha
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