List of theatres in San Francisco

A list of theatres and live performance venues in San Francisco, California. 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 Sts. in the Mission [1]
• Bayview Opera House - includes a 300 seat theater, at 4705 Third Street [2]
• Beverly Hills Playhouse of San Francisco - Theater and acting school at 414 Mason Street, Suite 502 in Union Square [3]
• 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 - 80-seat Filipino American performing arts center at 185 6th Street [4]
• Bottom of the Hill - music venue at 1233 17th Street
• Boxcar Theatre - "immersive theatrical experience" venue at 505 Natoma in SOMA [5]
• 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 [6]
• Buriel Clay Theatre - 200+ seat venue at the African American Art and Culture Complex (AAACC), 762 Fulton Street [7]
• Cartwright Hotel on Union Square - hosts Magian Productions in the 80-seat Pacific Heights Room, 524 Sutter Street [8]
• Castro Theatre - 1400 seats, primarily a movie house, but also used for live special events, at 429 Castro Street [9]
• Center for Sex & Culture - hosts live theater and other events, 1349 Mission Street South of Market [10]
• Chancellor Hotel Theatre - hosts the San Francisco Magic Parlor at 433 Powell Street
• The Chapel - music venue at 777 Valencia Street in the Mission [11]
• 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 [12]
• Curran Theatre - Off Union Square. Built in 1922.
• Dance Mission Theater - 3316 24th Street in the Mission [13]
• The Dark Room Theatre - small theatre and event space in the Mission, 2263 Mission Street [14]
• Diego Rivera Theatre at City College of San Francisco - home of the mural Pan American Unity by Diego Rivera, at 50 Phelan Avenue [15]
• Eureka Theatre - frequent venue for the lgbt company Theatre Rhinoceros, and for 42nd Street Moon, 215 Jackson Street [16]
• EXIT Theatre - an alternative theater in the downtown Tenderloin neighborhood, 156 Eddy Street.
• Feinstein's at the Nikko - 222 Mason Street [17]
• 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 [18]
  • Magic Theatre - 159 seats [19]
  • Southside Theatre - 160 seats [20]
• 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 - 50 seat home of the Custom Made Theatre Co. at 1620 Gough Street [21]
• 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 [22]
• The Hypnodrome - 575 10th Street [23]
• Imperial Palace - restaurant featuring weekend production Tony n' Tina's Wedding at 818 Washington Street in Chinatown [24]
• Inner Mission, SF - theater and event space at 2050 Bryant Street in the Mission, home of Theater MadCap [25]
• 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 [26]
• 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 [27]
• 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 [28]
• New Conservatory Theatre Center - nonprofit theater company located at 25 Van Ness Avenue
• New Mission Theater - movie theater at 2550 Mission St.
• New People Theater - 1746 Post Street
• 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
• OASIS - drag theater and cabaret, 298 11th Street, South of Market [29]
• 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. [30]
• Pena Pachamama - 1630 Powell Street [31]
• Phoenix Theatre - two stages: 6th floor theatre and the Annex, at 414 Mason Street [32]
• PianoFight - 144 Taylor Street, [33]
• Project Artaud - an arts complex and community in the Mission District, which includes the following theatres:
  • Joe Goode Annex - performance space for the Joe Goode Performance Group, at 401 Alabama Street [34]
  • NOHSpace - host of Theatre of Yugen, 2840 Mariposa Street [35]
  • Z Space - home of the theatre company of the same name, with main stage and smaller Z Below theater, 450 Florida Street [36]
• 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 [37]
• 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" in a 74- and a 60-seat theater
• South of Market Cultural Center - includes performance space, managed by SOMArts, at 934 Brannan Street [38]
• Stage Werx Theatre - 446 Valencia St. Mission District Theatre hosts love performances, comedy, solo performance, music, and movies.
• Strand Theatre - new venue opening in 2015 owned by American Conservatory Theater, originally opened in 1917 and shuttered in 2003, across from UN Plaza [39]
• Supperclub - 657 Harrison Street [40]
• 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 [41]
• Thick House - Theater venue for Art Space Development Corporation (ArtsDeco) at 1695 18th Street, Potrero Hill [42]
• Tides Theatre - 99 seat theater at 533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, Union Square [43]
• Un-Scripted Theater Company - 49 seat improv theater at 533 Sutter Street, 2nd floor, Union Square [44]
• Venetian Room at the Fairmont San Francisco - home of Bay Area Cabaret performances [45], and the venue where Tony Bennett first sang his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".
• 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 [46]
• 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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  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 Spaces