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.

• 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]
• Buriel Clay Theatre - 200+ seat venue at the African American Art and Culture Complex (AAACC); 762 Fulton Street^[9]
• Cartwright Hotel on Union Square - hosts Magian Productions in the 80-seat Pacific Heights Room, 524 Sutter Street ^[10]
• Castro Theatre - 1400 seats, primarily a movie house, but also used for live special events, at 429 Castro Street^[11]
• Center for Sex & Culture - hosts live theater and other events, 1349 Mission Street South of Market^[12]
• Chancellor Hotel Theatre - hosts the San Francisco Magic Parlor at 433 Powell Street
• The Chapel - music venue at 777 Valencia Street in the Mission^[13]
• 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^[14]
• Curran Theatre - off Union Square; built in 1922
• Dance Mission Theater - 3316 24th Street in the Mission^[15]
• The Dark Room Theatre - small theatre and event space in the Mission; 2263 Mission Street^[16]
• Diego Rivera Theatre at City College of San Francisco - home of the mural Pan American Unity by Diego Rivera; 50 Phelan Avenue^[17]
• Eureka Theatre - frequent venue for the LGBT company Theatre Rhinoceros, and for 42nd Street Moon; 215 Jackson Street^[18]
• EXIT Theatre - an alternative theater in the downtown Tenderloin neighborhood; 156 Eddy Street
• Feinstein's at the Nikko - 222 Mason Street^[19]
• 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 ^[20]
  • Magic Theatre - 159 seats ^[21]
  • Southside Theatre - 160 seats ^[22]
• 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^[23]
• 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^[24]
• The Hypnodrome - 575 10th Street^[25]
• Imperial Palace - restaurant featuring weekend production Tony n' Tina's Wedding; 818 Washington Street in Chinatown^[26]
• Inner Mission - theater and event space at 2050 Bryant Street in the Mission, home of Theater MadCap^[27]
• 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^[28]
• 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 ^[29]
• 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 ^[30]
• Mojo Theatre - theater in the Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street in the Mission^[31]
• 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^[32]
• 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^[33]
• OASIS - drag theater and cabaret; 298 11th Street, south of Market^[34]
• 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^[35]
• Pena Pachamama - 1630 Powell Street^[36]
• Phoenix Theatre - two stages: 6th floor theatre and the Annex, at 414 Mason Street^[37]
• PianoFight - 144 Taylor Street^[38]
• Project Artaud - arts complex and community in the Mission District; includes the following theatres:^[39]
  • Joe Goode Annex - performance space for the Joe Goode Performance Group; 401 Alabama Street^[40]
  • NOHSpace - host of Theatre of Yugen, 2840 Mariposa Street^[41]
  • Z Space - home of the theatre company of the same name, with a main stage and the smaller Z Below theater; 450 Florida Street^[42]
• 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^[43]
• 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^[44]
• 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:
  • 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 in a 74- and a 60-seat theater^[45]
• South of Market Cultural Center - includes performance space, managed by SOMArts; 934 Brannan Street^[46]
• Stage Werx Theatre - 446 Valencia Street Mission District theatre hosts love performances, comedy, solo performance, music, and movies^[47]
• Strand Theatre - new venue opened in 2015 owned by American Conservatory Theater; originally opened in 1917 and shuttered in 2003; across from UN Plaza^[48]
• Supperclub - 657 Harrison Street^[49]
• 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 ^[50]
• Thick House - theater venue for Art Space Development Corporation (ArtsDeco) at 1695 18th Street, Potrero Hill ^[51]
• Tides Theatre - 99-seat theater at 533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, Union Square^[52]
• Un-Scripted Theater Company - 49-seat improv theater at 533 Sutter Street, 2nd floor, Union Square ^[53]
• Variety Preview Room Theatre - located in the Hobart building, 582 Market Street^[54]
• Venetian Room at the Fairmont San Francisco - home of Bay Area Cabaret performances,^[55] and the venue where Tony Bennett first sang his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"^[56]
• 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 ^[57]
• 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

Theatre gallery

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  War Memorial Opera House, home of San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet

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  Historic Geary Theatre, home of American Conservatory Theater

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  The Fillmore Auditorium, made famous by Bill Graham

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  The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theatre

See also

• Theatre Bay Area
• Theater District (San Francisco, California)
• Bay Area performing arts apaces

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. Buriel Clay Theatre
10. Cartwright Hotel on Union Square
11. Castro Theatre
12. Center for Sex & Culture
13. The Chapel
14. Counterpulse
15. Dance Mission Theater
16. The Dark Room Theatre
17. Diego Rivera Theatre
18. Eureka Theatre
19. Feinstein's at the Nikko
20. Cowell Theatre
21. Magic Theatre
22. Southside Theatre
23. Gough Street Playhouse
24. Great Star Theater
25. The Hypnodrome
26. Imperial Palace
27. Inner Mission
28. Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium
29. Marrakech Magic Theatre
30. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
31. Mojo Theatre
32. "New People: SF". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
33. Sam Whiting (2013). "Nourse Auditorium Reborn As Theater". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
34. OASIS
35. Palace of Fine Arts
36. Pena Pachamama
37. Phoenix Theatre
38. PianoFight
39. "Project Artaud". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
40. Joe Goode Annex
41. NOHSpace
42. Z Space
43. Royce Gallery
44. SAFEhouseARTS
45. "Shelton Theater". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
46. South of Market Cultural Center
47. "Stage Werx Theatre". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
48. Strand Theatre
49. Supperclub
50. Theatre 39
51. Thick House
52. Tides Theatre
53. Un-Scripted Theater Company
54. Variety Preview Room Theatre
55. Bay Area Cabaret
56. "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.
57. Viracocha