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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]


  • 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. [1] </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:

    • Bayfront Theatre - home of BATS Improv

    • Cowell Theatre - 437 seats [19]


    • Magic Theatre - 159 seats [20]

    • Southside Theatre - 160 seats [21]




  • 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:


    • 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 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



Theatre gallery[edit]




See also[edit]



  • Theatre Bay Area

  • Theater District (San Francisco, California)

  • Bay Area performing arts apaces



References[edit]





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  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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