List of theatres in San Francisco
A list of theatres and live performance venues in San Francisco, California:[1][2]
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- African American Art and Culture Complex (AAACC) - includes the 200+ seat Buriel Clay Theatre, at 762 Fulton Street
- Bayview Opera House - includes a 300 seat theater, at 4705 Third Street
- Beverley Hills Playhouse of San Francisco - Theater and acting school at 414 Mason Street, Suite 502 in Union Square
- Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - seats 7000, at 99 Grove St. in the San Francisco Civic Center
- Bimbo's 365 Club - music venue at 1025 Columbus Avenue
- Bindlestiff Studio - Filipino American performing arts center at 185 6th Street
- Bottom of the Hill - music venue at 1233 17th Street
- Brava Theatre Center - Main Stage and 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
- Cable Car Theatre - formerly the Showcase Theatre, at 430 Mason Street in the Tenderloin
- Cartwright Hotel on Union Square - hosts Magian Productions in the Pacific Heights Room, 524 Sutter Street
- Castro Theatre - primarily a movie house, but also used for live special events, at 429 Castro Street
- Center for Sex & Culture - hosts live theater and other events, 1349 Mission Street South of Market
- Chancellor Hotel Theatre - hosts the San Francisco Magic Parlor at 433 Powell Street
- The Chapel - music venue at 777 Valencia Street in the Mission
- 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 - small 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
- Curran Theatre - Off Union Square. Built in 1922. Owned by SHN
- Dance Mission Theatre - 3316 24th Street in the Mission
- The Dark Room Theatre - small theatre and event space in the Mission, 2263 Mission Street
- Diego Rivera Theatre at City College of San Francisco - home of the mural Pan American Unity by Diego Rivera, at 50 Phelan Avenue
- Eureka Theatre - frequent venue for the lgbt company Theatre Rhinoceros, and for 42nd Street Moon, 215 Jackson Street
- EXIT Theatre - an alternative theater in the downtown Tenderloin neighborhood, 156 Eddy Street.
- Feinstein's at the Nikko - 222 Mason Street
- Fillmore Auditorium - historic music venue at Fillmore and Geary in the Western Addition
- Fort Mason Center - former military base now housing the following theatres:
- Bayfront Theatre - home of BATS Improv
- Cowell Theatre - 437 seats
- Magic Theatre -
- Southside Theatre - 160 seats
- Geary Theatre - Home of American Conservatory Theater company, 415 Geary Street.
- Golden Gate Theatre - In Tenderloin, built in 1922. Once housed vaudeville acts. Owned by SHN
- Gough Street Playhouse - home of the Custom Made Theatre Co. at 1620 Gough Street
- 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, at 636 Jackson Street in Chinatown
- The Hypnodrome - 575 10th Street
- Imperial Palace - restaurant featuring weekend production Tony n' Tina's Wedding at 818 Washington Street in Chinatown
- Inner Mission, SF - theater and event space at 2050 Bryant Street in the Mission, home of Theater MadCap
- Intersection for the Arts - established in 1965, is the oldest alternative non-profit art space in San Francisco, new facility at 925 Mission St.
- The Konservaroy - small alternative theatre, 43 Dore Street, South of Market
- Lorraine Hansberry Theatre- African-American theatre in downtown San Francisco
- Marines Memorial Theater - 609 Sutter Street
- Marrakech Magic Theatre - featuring the magic of Peter Morrison, 419 O'Farrell Street
- The Marsh San Francisco MainStage Theatre - specializing in developing new performance, at 1062 Valencia Street in the Mission District
- Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts - includes a 150-seat theater, at 2868 Mission Street in the Mission
- New Conservatory Theatre Center - nonprofit theater company located at 25 Van Ness Avenue
- New People Theater - 1746 Post Street[3]
- 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 [4]
- OASIS - drag theater and cabaret, 298 11th Street, South of Market
- ODC Theater - 351 Shotwell Street in the Mission District
- Orpheum Theatre - In Tenderloin, built in 1926. Spanish imperial architecture. SF Historical Landmak. Owned by SHN
- Palace of Fine Arts Theatre - 3301 Lyon St., originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, has since been rebuilt, renovated and seismically retrofitted.
- Pena Pachamama - 1630 Powell Street
- Phoenix Theatre - two stages: 6th floor theatre and the Annex, at 414 Mason Street
- PianoFight - 144 Taylor Street,
- Project Artaud - an arts complex and community in the Mission District, which includes the following theatres:[5]
- Joe Goode Annex - performance space for the Joe Goode Performance Group, at 401 Alabama Street
- NOHSpace - host of Theatre of Yugen, 2840 Mariposa Street
- Z Space - home of the theatre company of the same name, with main stage and smaller Z Below theater, 450 Florida Street
- Punch Line - comedy club at 444 Battery Street
- 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
- 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 - Brand 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 Ave. which includes the following venues:
- Herbst Theatre - 401 Van Ness in the San Francisco Civic Center
- Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall - 201 Van Ness - home of the San Francisco Symphony
- War Memorial Opera House - 301 Van Ness, across from City Hall - home of the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet
- Shelton Theatre - 533 Sutter Street - "hosts live performances of musicals, narrative plays, improv, poetry, solo performances, and concerts"[6]
- South of Market Cultural Center - includes performance space, managed by SOMArts, at 934 Brannan Street
- Stage Werx Theatre - 446 Valencia St. Mission District Theatre hosts love performances, comedy, solo performance, music, and movies.[7]
- Strand Theatre - new venue opening in 2015 owned by American Conservatory Theater, originally opened in 1917 and shuttered in 2003, across from UN Plaza
- Supperclub - 657 Harrison Street
- 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
- Thick House - Theater venue for Art Space Development Corporation (ArtsDeco) at 1695 18th Street, Potrero Hill
- Tides Theatre - 533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, Union Square
- Venetian Room at the Fairmont San Francisco - home of Bay Area Cabaret performances , and the venue where Tony Bennett first sang his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".[8]
- 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
- The Warfield - large and historic music venue at 982 Market Street
- Walt Disney Family Museum Theater - Presidio Main Post
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - includes the Novelius/YBCA Theatre, 701 Mission Street
- Yoshi's San Francisco - jazz club at 1330 Fillmore Street
Theatre Gallery
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Historic Geary Theatre home of American Conservatory Theater.
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The Fillmore Auditorium made famous by Bill Graham.
See also
References
- ↑ "SF Gate Events". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ "Theatre Bay Area Event Listings". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "New People: SF". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ Sam Whiting (2013). "Nourse Auditorium Reborn As Theater". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Project Artaud". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ "Shelton Theater". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ "Stage Werx Theatre". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ "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.