List of theatres in San Francisco
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A list of theatres in San Francisco, California
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Theatres within community cultural centers funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission:
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
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- Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumBill Graham Civic AuditoriumThe Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is a multi-purpose arena in San Francisco, California, currently named after promoter Bill Graham...
- 99 Grove St. in the San Francisco Civic Center - Davies Symphony Hall - 201 Van Ness - home of the San Francisco SymphonySan Francisco SymphonyThe San Francisco Symphony is an orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980, the orchestra has performed at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus are part of the organization...
- EXIT TheatreEXIT TheatreEXIT Theatre is an alternative theater located at 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco, California, in the downtown Tenderloin neighborhood. The theater operates four storefront theaters and annually produces the San Francisco Fringe Festival, the second oldest fringe festival in the U.S...
- an alternative theater in the downtown Tenderloin neighborhood, 156 Eddy Street. - Geary Theatre - home of the American Conservatory Theatre
- Gough Street Playhouse - home to Custom Made Theatre Co., Multi-Ethnic Theater and The Next Stage Training Programs, in Trinity Episcopal Church, Bush & Gough.
- Curran TheatreCurran TheatreThe Curran Theatre is located in San Francisco and was named by its first owner, Homer Curran. The theatre is currently owned by Carole Shorenstein Hays and is operated by SHN - Overview :...
- Off Union Square. Built in 1922. Now is a venue for touring Broadway productions. - Louise M. Davies Symphony HallLouise M. Davies Symphony HallLouise M. Davies Symphony Hall, the concert hall component of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, was built in 1980 at a cost of US$28 million to give the San Francisco Symphony a permanent home. The hall has a seating capacity of 2743 persons...
- Golden Gate TheatreGolden Gate TheatreThe Golden Gate Theatre is a performance venue located in San Francisco, CA., first opened in 1922 as a vaudeville venue, and later was a major movie theater...
- In Tenderloin, built in 1922. Once housed vaudeville acts. Hosts Broadway blockbusters. - Herbst TheatreHerbst TheatreThe Herbst Theatre is an auditorium in the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in Civic Center in San Francisco, United States. The 928-seat hall hosts programs as diverse as City Arts & Lectures, SF Jazz, and San Francisco Performances....
- 401 Van Ness in the San Francisco Civic Center. - Nob Hill Masonic Center - also known as the Masonic Temple or Masonic Auditorium, located at 1111 California Street.
- Orpheum TheatreOrpheum Theatre (San Francisco)The Orpheum Theatre is a performance venue located at 1192 Market at Hyde Street in the Civic Center district of San Francisco, California. The theatre first opened in 1926 as one of the many designed by architect B. Marcus Priteca for theater-circuit owner Alexander Pantages. The interior features...
- In Tenderloin, built in 1926. Spanish imperial architecture. SF Historical Landmak. Hosts Broadway shows. - Palace of Fine ArtsPalace of Fine ArtsThe Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there. One of only a few surviving structures from the Exposition, it is the only one still...
- 3301 Lyon St., originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, has since been rebuilt, renovated and seismically retrofitted. - Post Street Theater - 450 Post Street
- War Memorial Opera House - 301 Van Ness, across from City Hall - home of the San Francisco Opera.
- Intersection for the ArtsIntersection for the ArtsIntersection for the Arts, established in 1965, is the oldest alternative non-profit art space in San Francisco, California. Intersection's reading series is the longest continuous reading series outside of an academic institution in the state of California....
- established in 1965, is the oldest alternative non-profit art space in San Francisco, new facility at 925 Mission St. - Theatre RhinocerosTheatre RhinocerosTheatre Rhinoceros or Theatre Rhino is a gay and lesbian theatre based in San Francisco. It was founded in the spring of 1977 by Lanny Baugniet and his partner Allan B. Estes, Jr....
- a gay and lesbian theatre - Brava Theater Center - Home of BRAVA! for Women in the Arts, on 24th St. in the Mission
- Theatre Artaud - named for Antonin ArtaudAntonin ArtaudAntoine Marie Joseph Artaud, more well-known as Antonin Artaud was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director...
, primarily Avant Garde theatrical productions - Thick House - in Goodman2 Artist Live/Work Building, 1695 18th Street, Potrero Hill
- Phoenix Theatre - on Mason St. by Union Square
- "'Olympic Theatre'"
- ZeumZeumZeum: San Francisco's Children's Museum is a hands-on, multimedia arts and technology museum for kids of all ages located at the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, California. It aims to nurture the "3Cs of 21st-century literacy - Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication - in all youth and...
Theater - a 200-seat theater located in Yerba Buena Gardens, across from the Moscone Convention Center.
Theatres within community cultural centers funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission:
- African American Art and Culture Complex in the Western Addition.
- Bayview Opera House - in Hunters PointHunters Point, San Francisco, CaliforniaBayview-Hunters Point or The Bayview, is a neighborhood in the southeastern corner of San Francisco, California, United States. The decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is located within its boundaries and Candlestick Park is on the southern edge....
. Founded in 1889 as part of a Masonic Temple, it declined in relevance following the 1906 earthquake1906 San Francisco earthquakeThe San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California, and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude of 7.9; however, other...
. Performing arts productions at this venue were revived in the 1960s. Officially named "Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theater". - Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts