# List of theatres in San Francisco

This is 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.

## Theatres in San Francisco

| Name | Address | Neighborhood | Seats | Notes |
| Alcazar Theatre | 650 Geary Street | Tenderloin | 511 | |
| Bayfront Theatre | Fort Mason Center | | | home of BATS Improv |
| Bayview Opera House | 4705 Third Street | Bayview | 300 | |
| Beverly Hills Playhouse of San Francisco | 414 Mason Street | Union Square | | theater and acting school |
| Bill Graham Civic Auditorium | 99 Grove Street | Civic Center | 7000 | |
| Bimbo's 365 Club | 1025 Columbus Ave. | North Beach | | music venue |
| Bindlestiff Studio | 185 6th Street | South of Market | 80 | Filipino American performing arts center |
| Bottom of the Hill | 1233 17th Street | Potrero Hill | | music venue |
| Brava Theatre Center | 2781 24th Street | Mission District | 360 | dedicated to the expression of women, people of color, youth, LGBTQ and others |
| Brick and Mortar Music Hall | 1710 Mission Street | Mission District | | music venue |
| Cartwright Hotel on Union Square | Pacific Heights Room, 524 Sutter Street | Union Square | 80 | |
| Castro Theatre | 429 Castro Street | Castro District | 1400 | primarily a movie house, but also used for live special events |
| Chancellor Hotel Theatre | 433 Powell Street | Union Square | | hosts the San Francisco Magic Parlor |
| The Chapel | 777 Valencia Street | Mission District | | music venue |
| Club Fugazi | 678 Green Street | North Beach | 400 | formerly hosted Beach Blanket Babylon |
| Cobb's Comedy Club | 915 Columbus Ave. | North Beach | | |
| Cort Theatre | 64 Ellis Street | Tenderloin | 1,845 | Had several names. Cort Theatre from 1911-1918. Curran Theatre from 1918-1921. Century Theatre in 1921-1922. Briefly Morosco Theatre for a few months in 1922, only to become the Century Theatre again from November 1922 until June 1923 when it was rebranded the Capitol Theatre. It remained the Capitol Theatre until it was demolished in 1941. |
| CounterPulse | 80 Turk Street | Tenderloin | | previously at 1310 Mission Street |
| Cowell Theatre | Fort Mason Center | | 437 | venue for the New Pickle Circus |
| Creativity Theater | Children's Creativity Museum, 221 4th Street | South of Market | 200 | formerly Zeum Theater, located in Yerba Buena Gardens |
| Custom Made Theatre | 414 Mason Street | Union Square | 99 | intimate setting for modern plays and musicals, previously at 533 Sutter Street |
| Curran Theatre (opened 1922) | 445 Geary Street | Tenderloin | | For the older Curran Theatre (1918-1921) see Cort Theatre entry. |
| Dance Mission Theater | 3316-24th Street | Mission District | | |
| Diego Rivera Theatre | City College of San Francisco, 50 Frida Kahlo Way | Sunnyside | | home of the mural Pan American Unity by Diego Rivera |
| Feinstein's at the Nikko | 222 Mason Street | Union Square | | music venue and nighclub |
| Fillmore Auditorium | 1805 Geary Blvd. | Fillmore District | 1,315 | music venue with standing room |
| Gateway Theatre | 215 Jackson Street | Embarcadero | | venue for the 42nd Street Moon, and frequent venue for Theatre Rhinoceros; formerly the Eureka Theatre |
| Geary Theater | 415 Geary Street | Tenderloin | | venue for the American Conservatory Theater |
| Golden Gate Theatre | 1 Taylor Street | Tenderloin | | built in 1922, and once housed vaudeville acts; owned by SHN |
| Gough Street Playhouse | 1620 Gough Street | Cathedral Hill | 50 | venue for the Custom Made Theatre Co. |
| Grace Cathedral | 1100 California Street | Nob Hill | | hosts concerts and events |
| Grand Theatre | Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, 2665 Mission Street | Mission District | | former movie theater, now used for live performances |
| Great American Music Hall | 859 O'Farrell Street | Little Saigon | | |
| Great Star Theater | 636 Jackson Street | Chinatown | | music and event venue; previously 55 Taylor Street, and 923 Market Street |
| Herbst Theatre | San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness | Civic Center | 928 | |
| The Independent | 628 Divisadero Street | | | music venue in the Harding Theater building |
| Intersection for the Arts | 1446 Market Street | Civic Center | | established in 1965, the oldest alternative non-profit art space in the city |
| Lorraine Hansberry Theatre | 762 Fulton Street | Western Addition | | African-American theatre |
| Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall | San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, 201 Van Ness Street | Civic Center | | venue of the San Francisco Symphony |
| Joe Goode Annex | Project Artaud, 401 Alabama Street | Mission District | | |
| Marines Memorial Theater | 609 Sutter Street | Lower Nob Hill | | |
| Marrakech Magic Theatre | 419 O'Farrell Street | Tenderloin | | featuring the magic of Peter Morrison |
| The Marsh | 1062 Valencia Street | Mission District | | specializes in developing new performances |
| Theatre at MCCLA | Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts | Mission District | 150 | |
| New Conservatory Theatre Center | 25 Van Ness Ave. | Civic Center | | |
| NOHSpace | Project Artaud, 2840 Mariposa Street | Mission District | | venue of Theatre of Yugen |
| SF Masonic Auditorium | 1111 California Street | Nob Hill | 3,481 | formerly known as Grand Masonic Auditorium and Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium |
| Nourse Theater | 275 Hayes Street | Civic Center | 1,693 | venue of City Arts and Lectures |
| Oasis | 298 11th Street | South of Market | | drag theater and cabaret |
| ODC Theater | 351 Shotwell Street | Mission District | | dance performances |
| Orpheum Theatre | 1192 Market Street | Tenderloin | 2,197 | built in 1926 and owned by SHN |
| Palace of Fine Arts Theatre | Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street | Marina District | | originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, has since been rebuilt, renovated and seismically retrofitted |
| Peña Pachamama | 1630 Powell Street | North Beach | | Bolivian restaurant and Latin dance shows |
| Phoenix Theatre | 414 Mason Street | Union Square | | two stages: the 6th Floor Theatre, and The Annex |
| Presidio Theatre | 99 Moraga Avenue | Presidio | | |
| Punch Line | 444 Battery Street | Financial District | | comedy club |
| Regency Center | 1290 Sutter Street | Lower Nob Hill | 1,423 | music venue with four stages; the main stage is the Regency Ballroom |
| Safehouse Arts | 145 Eddy Street | Tenderloin | | formerly known as SAFEhouseARTS |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 50 Oak Street | Civic Center | | includes three performance halls (Concert Hall, Recital Hall, and Osher Salon) |
| San Francisco Jazz Center | 201 Franklin Street | Hayes Valley | | |
| San Francisco Playhouse | 450 Post Street | Union Square | 199 | traveling theater company that performs political musicals |
| South of Market Cultural Center | 934 Brannan Street | South of Market | | managed by SOMArts |
| Strand Theater | American Conservatory Theater, 1127 Market Street | Civic Center | | |
| Theatre du Lycée Français de San Francisco (TLF) | Lycee Francais de San Francisco, 1201 Ortega Street | Sunset District | 325 | |
| Venetian Room | Fairmont San Francisco | Nob Hill | | venue for cabaret performances, and where Tony Bennett first sang, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" |
| Victoria Theatre | 2961-16th Street | Mission District | | plays, live concerts, film festivals, musicals, and other kinds of events |
| Walt Disney Family Museum Theater | Presidio Main Post | Presidio | | |
| The Warfield | 982 Market Street | Civic Center | | large music venue |
| War Memorial Opera House | San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, 301 Van Ness Street | Civic Center | | venue of the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet |
| Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | 701 Mission Street | | | includes the Novelius/YBCA Theatre or Blue Shield of California Theater |
| Z Space | Project Artaud, 450 Florida Stree | Mission District | | home of the theatre company of the same name, with a main stage, and the smaller Z Below theater |

## Former theatres

* Amado's (c. 2015–2023), formerly known as Viracocha (2010–2015), 998 Valencia Street 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
* 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
* El Capitan Theatre and Hotel, 2353 Mission Street; Mission District
* EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street
* 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 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
* Market Street Cinema (1912–2013), 1077 Market Street
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Yoshi's San Francisco, jazz club at 1330 Fillmore Street

## Theatre gallery

* Alcazar Theatre
* Geary Theater, home of American Conservatory Theater
* The Fillmore Auditorium, made famous by Bill Graham
* The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theatre
* War Memorial Opera House, home of San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet