This is a list of
theatres
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communica ...
and live performance venues in
San Francisco, California
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
. For more information on theater in San Francisco, see
Culture of San Francisco - Theater.
Theatres in San Francisco
Former theatres
* Amado's (c. 2015–2023), formerly known as Viracocha (2010–2015), 998
Valencia Street
Valencia Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. It begins at Market Street (San Francisco), Market Street near the foot of Hayes Valley, San Francisco, Hayes Valley, and passes through the Mission District, San Francisco, ...
in the Mission District; Viracocha was an underground music venue, and Amado's was later a licensed venue
* Balancoire, 2565 Mission Street; restaurant, bar, club with live performances in the Mission District
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Center for Sex & Culture, 1349 Mission Street; hosted live theater and other events in South of Market
* The Dark Room Theatre (2008–2015), 2263 Mission Street
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El Capitan Theatre and Hotel, 2353 Mission Street; Mission District
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EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street
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Grand Opera House (San Francisco)
* The Hypnodrome (?–2017), 575 10th Street; once home of The Thrillpeddlers company
* Imperial Palace restaurant, 818 Washington Street; formerly hosted ''
Tony n' Tina's Wedding
''Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding'' is an " environmental/ immersive theatre" event based on a traditional Italian-American wedding and reception, with warm and intrusive stereotypes exaggerated for comic effect. Audience members are treated as guests ...
'' in Chinatown
* Inner Mission theater and event space at 2050 Bryant Street in the Mission, home of Theater MadCap
* Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium, 220 Golden Gate Avenue; hosts productions by Theater of Others
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Market Street Cinema (1912–2013), 1077 Market Street
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Metro Theatre (1924–2006), 2055 Union Street
* Mojo Theatre, in the
Redstone Building at 2940 16th Street, in the Mission District
* Northpoint Theatre (1967–1997), 2290 Powell Street in North Beach
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New Musical Theater of San Francisco, Inc., a non-profit that produced original musicals
* PianoFight, 144 Taylor Street
* Royce Gallery, 2901 Mariposa Street; historic warehouse performance venue in the Mission District
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Ruby Skye, 420 Mason Street; nightclub and special events venue, formerly the Stage Door Theatre
* Stage Werx Theatre, 446 Valencia Street, Mission District theatre hosts live performances, comedy, solo performance, music, and movies
* Supperclub, 657 Harrison Street, South of Market
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Teatro ZinZanni, cirque, comedy, and cabaret theater; without a venue, but seeking to return to the San Francisco waterfront
*Theatre 39 at
Pier 39, Beach Street at Embarcadero
*Tides Theatre, 533 Sutter Street, 2nd floor; 99-seat theater in Union Square
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Un-Scripted Theater Company, 533 Sutter Street, 2nd floor; 49-seat improv theater in Union Square
*Variety Preview Room (or The Preview Room),
Hobart Building at 582 Market Street
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Yoshi's San Francisco, jazz club at 1330 Fillmore Street
Theatre gallery
File:2017 Alcazar Theatre central section.jpg, Alcazar Theatre
File:Geary Theatre (San Francisco).JPG, Geary Theater, home of American Conservatory Theater
The American Conservatory Theater (ACT) is a nonprofit theater company in San Francisco, California, United States, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions. It also has an attached acting school.
History
The American ...
File:The Fillmore.jpg, The Fillmore Auditorium, made famous by Bill Graham
File:YBCA Novellus Theater main entrance.JPG, The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theatre
File:SFOperaHouse.jpg, War Memorial Opera House, home of San Francisco Opera
The San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California.
History
Gaetano Merola (1923–1953)
Merola's road to prominence in the Bay Area began in 1906 wh ...
and San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet is the oldest ballet company in the United States, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet under the leadership of ballet master Adolph Bolm. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Fra ...
See also
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Theatre Bay Area
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Theater District (San Francisco, California)
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The San Francisco Theatre District is a neighborhood in San Francisco named for the legitimate theaters located there. The district encompasses part of the Union Square shopping district and the Tenderloin and Civic Center neighborh ...
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San Francisco Mime Troupe
The San Francisco Mime Troupe is a theatre of political satire which performs free shows in various parks in the San Francisco Bay Area and around California, founded in 1959. Despite its name, the group does not perform silent mime, but each ye ...
, traveling theater company that performs political musicals
References
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* {{cite web , title=San Francisco Movie Theaters , url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/california/san-francisco?status=all , website=Cinema Treasures
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Theatres
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communica ...
Theatres San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
Culture of San Francisco