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