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.

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	^[3]
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^[4]
Bottom of the Hill	1233 17th Street	Potrero Hill		music venue^[5]
Brava Theatre Center	2781 24th Street	Mission District	360	dedicated to the expression of women, people of color, youth, LGBTQ and others^[6]
Brick and Mortar Music Hall	1710 Mission Street	Mission District		music venue^[7]
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^[8]^[9]
Chancellor Hotel Theatre	433 Powell Street	Union Square		hosts the San Francisco Magic Parlor
The Chapel	777 Valencia Street	Mission District		music venue^[10]
Club Fugazi	678 Green Street	North Beach	400	formerly hosted Beach Blanket Babylon^[11]^[12]
Cobb's Comedy Club	915 Columbus Ave.	North Beach		^[13]
Cort Theatre	64 Ellis Street	Tenderloin	1,845^[14]	Had several names. Cort Theatre from 1911-1918.^[15] 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.^[16]
CounterPulse	80 Turk Street	Tenderloin		previously at 1310 Mission Street^[17]^[18]
Cowell Theatre	Fort Mason Center		437	venue for the New Pickle Circus^[19]
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^[20]
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;^[21] 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.^[22]
Grace Cathedral	1100 California Street	Nob Hill		hosts concerts and events
Grand Theater	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	438	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		^[23]
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	^[24]
New Conservatory Theatre Center	25 Van Ness Ave.	Civic Center
NOHSpace	Project Artaud, 2840 Mariposa Street	Mission District		venue of Theatre of Yugen^[25]^[26]
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^[27]
Oasis	298 11th Street	South of Market		drag theater and cabaret^[28]
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	960	originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, has since been rebuilt, renovated and seismically retrofitted^[29]
Peña Pachamama	1630 Powell Street	North Beach		Bolivian restaurant and Latin dance shows
Phoenix Theatre	414 Mason Street	Union Square	49	two stages: the 6th Floor Theatre, and The Annex^[30]
Presidio Theatre	99 Moraga Avenue	Presidio		^[31]
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^[32]
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^[33]
South of Market Cultural Center	934 Brannan Street	South of Market		managed by SOMArts^[34]
Strand Theater	American Conservatory Theater, 1127 Market Street	Civic Center		^[35]
Theatre du Lycée Français de San Francisco (TLF)	Lycee Francais de San Francisco, 1201 Ortega Street	Sunset District	325	^[36]
Venetian Room	Fairmont San Francisco	Nob Hill		venue for cabaret performances,^[37] and where Tony Bennett first sang, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"^[38]
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^[39]

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^[40]^[41]
Balancoire, 2565 Mission Street; restaurant, bar, club with live performances in the Mission District^[42]
Center for Sex & Culture, 1349 Mission Street; hosted live theater and other events in South of Market^[43]
The Dark Room Theatre (2008–2015), 2263 Mission Street^[44]
El Capitan Theatre and Hotel, 2353 Mission Street; Mission District^[45]
EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street^[46]
Grand Opera House (San Francisco)
The Hypnodrome (?–2017), 575 10th Street; once home of The Thrillpeddlers company^[47]
Imperial Palace restaurant, 818 Washington Street; formerly hosted Tony n' Tina's Wedding in Chinatown^[48]
Inner Mission theater and event space at 2050 Bryant Street in the Mission, home of Theater MadCap^[49]^[50]
Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium, 220 Golden Gate Avenue; hosts productions by Theater of Others^[51]
Market Street Cinema (1912–2013), 1077 Market Street^[52]^[53]
Metro Theatre (1924–2006), 2055 Union Street^[54]
Mojo Theatre, in the Redstone Building at 2940 16th Street, in the Mission District^[55]
Northpoint Theatre (1967–1997), 2290 Powell Street in North Beach^[56]^[57]^[58]^[59]
New Musical Theater of San Francisco, Inc., a non-profit that produced original musicals^[60]
PianoFight, 144 Taylor Street^[61]
Royce Gallery, 2901 Mariposa Street; historic warehouse performance venue in the Mission District^[62]
Ruby Skye, 420 Mason Street; nightclub and special events venue, formerly the Stage Door Theatre^[63]
Stage Werx Theatre, 446 Valencia Street, Mission District theatre hosts live performances, comedy, solo performance, music, and movies^[64]^[65]
Supperclub, 657 Harrison Street, South of Market^[66]
Teatro ZinZanni, cirque, comedy, and cabaret theater; without a venue, but seeking to return to the San Francisco waterfront^[67]
Theatre 39 at Pier 39, Beach Street at Embarcadero^[68]
Tides Theatre, 533 Sutter Street, 2nd floor; 99-seat theater in Union Square^[69]
Un-Scripted Theater Company, 533 Sutter Street, 2nd floor; 49-seat improv theater in Union Square^[70]
Variety Preview Room (or The Preview Room), Hobart Building at 582 Market Street
Yoshi's San Francisco, jazz club at 1330 Fillmore Street^[71]

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

References

^ "SF Gate Events". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
^ "Theatre Bay Area Event Listings". Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
^ Brooks, Jack (October 1981). Front row center: a guide to northern California theatres. 101 Productions. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-89286-193-4.
^ Ramos, Alex (June 15, 2022). "S.F.'s Bindlestiff Studio explores Filipino American identity through food". Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Jessie Schiewe (March 15, 2017). "Bottom of the Hill. Gigging alone at the Bottom of the Hill". San Francisco Weekly.
^ Parks, Shoshi (June 29, 2017). "Brava! For Women in the Arts". Time Out San Francisco. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Williams, Kale (August 19, 2013). "Brick & Mortar Music Hall sounds off". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Vaziri, Aidin. "Castro Theatre to go dark for at least a year. Here's the last day to watch a show". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ "A look inside SF's historic Castro Theatre before $15M 'face-lift' slated to take 1.5 years". ABC7 San Francisco. February 3, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Pehling, Dave (September 3, 2022). "Beloved San Francisco venue the Chapel marks 10 anniversary with special shows". CBS San Francisco. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Janiak, Lily (December 23, 2019). "SF treasure 'Beach Blanket Babylon' to close after 45 years". The San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, CA.
^ Earle, Anitra (June 19, 1974) [First published June 19, 1974]. "First 'Beach Blanket Babylon' review". The San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco.
^ Nina, G.; Patterson, O. J. (February 14, 2022). Bay Area Stand-Up Comedy: A Humorous History. Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4396-7446-8.
^ "Cort Theater Is Ready for Its Patrons and "Baby Mine"". The San Francisco Call. September 2, 1911. p. 11.
^ "Cort, San Francisco". Billboard. September 22, 1918. p. 3.
^ Tillmany, Jack (2005). "Cort Theatre". Theatres of San Francisco. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439630945.
^ McCarthy, Allison (November 22, 2013). "CounterPULSE Gets a New Home". 7x7 Bay Area. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Next December, CounterPULSE's lease at 1310 Mission Street will expire, leaving the 22-year-old experimental performing arts venue without a home. The worst case, and most likely scenario, subjects them to eviction or a dramatic (and unaffordable) rent increase—CP is located around the corner from the new Twitterplex, so one can only imagine how landlords would jack the cost. Fortunately, thanks to a progressive, charitable act, they will move into the landmark historical building at 80 Turk (that full-of-TL-flavor block between Taylor and Mason). The building dates back to 1922 and has gone through many incarnations over the decades, first as a gambling hall, then as the Buccaneer Tavern in the 1930s, the Gayety Theater (shown in B&W here) in the 1960s, and then the Dollhouse Theater porn palace until the early 90s when it fell into disrepair (and was likely used for illegal raves, as evidenced by international DJ tags on the basement walls).
^ Counterpulse Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ "San Francisco Gets A Peck Of Pickles". Playbill. December 10, 1996.
^ "New theatre building will house famous Diego Rivera mural in San Francisco". The Art Newspaper. June 21, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ "The Gateway Theatre".
^ Gough Street Playhouse
^ Joe Goode Annex
^ Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
^ Eisenhart, Mary (December 12, 2012). "'A Minor Cycle' at NOHspace". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Janiak, Lily (December 11, 2022). "New company brings ancient aesthetics, modern twist in Kunoichi Productions' 'Never Mind'". Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Sam Whiting (2013). "Nourse Auditorium Reborn As Theater". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
^ "San Francisco names Oasis owner D'Arcy Drollinger as 1st Drag Laureate". ABC7 San Francisco. May 18, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Palace of Fine Arts Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
^ Phoenix Theatre
^ "Home". presidiotheatre.org.
^ SAFEhouseARTS
^ San Francisco Playhouse
^ South of Market Cultural Center
^ Strand Theatre
^ "Home". theatrelfsf.com.
^ Bay Area Cabaret
^ "The Fairmont Hotel Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Tony Bennett's First Performance of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"". 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
^ Parks, Shoshi (July 5, 2017). "Z Space". Time Out San Francisco. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Gebel, Meira (August 3, 2015). "Quirky Viracocha Appears to Have Closed Its Doors". Mission Local. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Hom, Annika (November 30, 2023). "Amado's, Valencia bar and music venue, closes after 8 years". Mission Local. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ "Neighborhood Notes: Goodbye Mission Street Sports Bar, hello Arena SF". Mission Local. March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Vainshtein, Annie (January 29, 2019). "SF kink community grieves loss of Center for Sex and Culture". SFGate.
^ "Dark Room Theater in San Francisco". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Tillmany, Jack (2005). Theatres of San Francisco. Arcadia Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-7385-3020-8.
^ Janiak, Lily (October 20, 2022). "Say farewell to Exit Theatre's Eddy Street venue with 'Adventures in Place'". Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Clement, Olivia (January 10, 2017). "San Francisco Thrillpeddlers Say Farewell to Longtime Home". Playbill.
^ Imperial Palace Archived 2015-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Inner Mission Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ Skalnik, Allie (August 26, 2025). "Historic metal mural from San Francisco's artistic heyday finds permanent home". Mission Local.
^ Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium
^ "Let's Break Down the History of the Market Street Cinema". Curbed SF.
^ Barmann, Jay (June 6, 2013). "What Will Become of the Historic, Quite Possibly Haunted, Market Street Cinema?". SFist. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015.
^ Tillmany, Jack (2005). Theatres of San Francisco. Arcadia Publishing. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7385-3020-8.
^ Hurwitt, Sam (June 27, 2019). "'Above Ground' spotlights the kind of new theater under threat in SF". The Mercury News. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ "Northpoint Theatre in San Francisco, CA". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
^ Stein, Ruthe (July 11, 1997). "Northpoint Theater To Close on July 31". SFGATE. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
^ "San Francisco fell in love with 'Star Wars' weeks early 45 years ago". KCBS (AM). Audacy. May 4, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
^ "Like a Dream: EMPIRE at the Northpoint". Star Wars at the Movies. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
^ "About Our Company". Not Quite Opera. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
^ Janiak, Lily (January 24, 2023). "PianoFight to shutter S.F. and Oakland venues in latest blow to Bay Area theater". Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Eisenhart, Mary (November 25, 2010). "'Match' at Royce Gallery". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Rubenstein, Steve (March 16, 2017). "SF's Ruby Skye club to close and reopen anew — with bowling". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ "Stage Werx Theatre". Retrieved April 5, 2013.
^ Lu, Xueer (September 22, 2023). "Stage Werx closing, but space will remain a theater". Mission Local. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Fort, Ellen (January 14, 2015). "After 10 Years, SOMA's Supperclub Gets Kicked Out of Bed". Eater SF. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Harmanci, Reyhan (July 1, 2011). "Forced Move May Mean the End of Teatro ZinZanni". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ "Theatre 39 at Pier 39". TheaterMania.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015.
^ "'Waiting for Godot' at Tides Theatre". The San Francisco Chronicle. January 22, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Hurwitt, Sam. "Improv making up for lost time". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ Meline, Gabe (January 13, 2015). "The Addition, Formerly Yoshi's in San Francisco, to Abruptly Close". KQED. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

External links

"San Francisco, California". CinemaTour. Vision Entertainment Services.
"Theatres By Address and Neighborhood". San Francisco Theatres.
"Pre-1906 Theatre List, alphabetical". San Francisco Theatres.
"Theatres: alphabetical list". San Francisco Theatres.
"San Francisco Movie Theaters". Cinema Treasures.

[1] "SF Gate Events". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2013.

[2] "Theatre Bay Area Event Listings". Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

[3] Brooks, Jack (October 1981). Front row center: a guide to northern California theatres. 101 Productions. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-89286-193-4.

[4] Ramos, Alex (June 15, 2022). "S.F.'s Bindlestiff Studio explores Filipino American identity through food". Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[SFW-5] Jessie Schiewe (March 15, 2017). "Bottom of the Hill. Gigging alone at the Bottom of the Hill". San Francisco Weekly.

[6] Parks, Shoshi (June 29, 2017). "Brava! For Women in the Arts". Time Out San Francisco. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[7] Williams, Kale (August 19, 2013). "Brick & Mortar Music Hall sounds off". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[8] Vaziri, Aidin. "Castro Theatre to go dark for at least a year. Here's the last day to watch a show". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[9] "A look inside SF's historic Castro Theatre before $15M 'face-lift' slated to take 1.5 years". ABC7 San Francisco. February 3, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[10] Pehling, Dave (September 3, 2022). "Beloved San Francisco venue the Chapel marks 10 anniversary with special shows". CBS San Francisco. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[11] Janiak, Lily (December 23, 2019). "SF treasure 'Beach Blanket Babylon' to close after 45 years". The San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, CA.

[12] Earle, Anitra (June 19, 1974) [First published June 19, 1974]. "First 'Beach Blanket Babylon' review". The San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco.

[13] Nina, G.; Patterson, O. J. (February 14, 2022). Bay Area Stand-Up Comedy: A Humorous History. Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4396-7446-8.

[14] "Cort Theater Is Ready for Its Patrons and "Baby Mine"". The San Francisco Call. September 2, 1911. p. 11.

[15] "Cort, San Francisco". Billboard. September 22, 1918. p. 3.

[16] Tillmany, Jack (2005). "Cort Theatre". Theatres of San Francisco. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439630945.

[17] McCarthy, Allison (November 22, 2013). "CounterPULSE Gets a New Home". 7x7 Bay Area. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Next December, CounterPULSE's lease at 1310 Mission Street will expire, leaving the 22-year-old experimental performing arts venue without a home. The worst case, and most likely scenario, subjects them to eviction or a dramatic (and unaffordable) rent increase—CP is located around the corner from the new Twitterplex, so one can only imagine how landlords would jack the cost. Fortunately, thanks to a progressive, charitable act, they will move into the landmark historical building at 80 Turk (that full-of-TL-flavor block between Taylor and Mason). The building dates back to 1922 and has gone through many incarnations over the decades, first as a gambling hall, then as the Buccaneer Tavern in the 1930s, the Gayety Theater (shown in B&W here) in the 1960s, and then the Dollhouse Theater porn palace until the early 90s when it fell into disrepair (and was likely used for illegal raves, as evidenced by international DJ tags on the basement walls).

[18] Counterpulse Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine

[19] "San Francisco Gets A Peck Of Pickles". Playbill. December 10, 1996.

[20] "New theatre building will house famous Diego Rivera mural in San Francisco". The Art Newspaper. June 21, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[21] "The Gateway Theatre".

[22] Gough Street Playhouse

[23] Joe Goode Annex

[24] Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts

[25] Eisenhart, Mary (December 12, 2012). "'A Minor Cycle' at NOHspace". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[26] Janiak, Lily (December 11, 2022). "New company brings ancient aesthetics, modern twist in Kunoichi Productions' 'Never Mind'". Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[27] Sam Whiting (2013). "Nourse Auditorium Reborn As Theater". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

[28] "San Francisco names Oasis owner D'Arcy Drollinger as 1st Drag Laureate". ABC7 San Francisco. May 18, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[29] Palace of Fine Arts Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine

[30] Phoenix Theatre

[31] "Home". presidiotheatre.org.

[32] SAFEhouseARTS

[33] San Francisco Playhouse

[34] South of Market Cultural Center

[35] Strand Theatre

[36] "Home". theatrelfsf.com.

[37] Bay Area Cabaret

[38] "The Fairmont Hotel Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Tony Bennett's First Performance of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"". 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

[39] Parks, Shoshi (July 5, 2017). "Z Space". Time Out San Francisco. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[40] Gebel, Meira (August 3, 2015). "Quirky Viracocha Appears to Have Closed Its Doors". Mission Local. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[41] Hom, Annika (November 30, 2023). "Amado's, Valencia bar and music venue, closes after 8 years". Mission Local. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[42] "Neighborhood Notes: Goodbye Mission Street Sports Bar, hello Arena SF". Mission Local. March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[43] Vainshtein, Annie (January 29, 2019). "SF kink community grieves loss of Center for Sex and Culture". SFGate.

[44] "Dark Room Theater in San Francisco". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[Tillmany-45] Tillmany, Jack (2005). Theatres of San Francisco. Arcadia Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-7385-3020-8.

[46] Janiak, Lily (October 20, 2022). "Say farewell to Exit Theatre's Eddy Street venue with 'Adventures in Place'". Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[47] Clement, Olivia (January 10, 2017). "San Francisco Thrillpeddlers Say Farewell to Longtime Home". Playbill.

[48] Imperial Palace Archived 2015-01-07 at the Wayback Machine

[49] Inner Mission Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine

[50] Skalnik, Allie (August 26, 2025). "Historic metal mural from San Francisco's artistic heyday finds permanent home". Mission Local.

[51] Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium

[52] "Let's Break Down the History of the Market Street Cinema". Curbed SF.

[53] Barmann, Jay (June 6, 2013). "What Will Become of the Historic, Quite Possibly Haunted, Market Street Cinema?". SFist. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015.

[Tillmany2-54] Tillmany, Jack (2005). Theatres of San Francisco. Arcadia Publishing. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7385-3020-8.

[55] Hurwitt, Sam (June 27, 2019). "'Above Ground' spotlights the kind of new theater under threat in SF". The Mercury News. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[cinematreasures/5426-56] "Northpoint Theatre in San Francisco, CA". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

[57] Stein, Ruthe (July 11, 1997). "Northpoint Theater To Close on July 31". SFGATE. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

[kcbsradio/before-anyone-else-58] "San Francisco fell in love with 'Star Wars' weeks early 45 years ago". KCBS (AM). Audacy. May 4, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

[59] "Like a Dream: EMPIRE at the Northpoint". Star Wars at the Movies. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

[nqo-60] "About Our Company". Not Quite Opera. Retrieved April 1, 2013.

[61] Janiak, Lily (January 24, 2023). "PianoFight to shutter S.F. and Oakland venues in latest blow to Bay Area theater". Datebook, The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[62] Eisenhart, Mary (November 25, 2010). "'Match' at Royce Gallery". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[63] Rubenstein, Steve (March 16, 2017). "SF's Ruby Skye club to close and reopen anew — with bowling". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[64] "Stage Werx Theatre". Retrieved April 5, 2013.

[65] Lu, Xueer (September 22, 2023). "Stage Werx closing, but space will remain a theater". Mission Local. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[66] Fort, Ellen (January 14, 2015). "After 10 Years, SOMA's Supperclub Gets Kicked Out of Bed". Eater SF. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[67] Harmanci, Reyhan (July 1, 2011). "Forced Move May Mean the End of Teatro ZinZanni". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[68] "Theatre 39 at Pier 39". TheaterMania.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015.

[69] "'Waiting for Godot' at Tides Theatre". The San Francisco Chronicle. January 22, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[70] Hurwitt, Sam. "Improv making up for lost time". SFGATE. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[71] Meline, Gabe (January 13, 2015). "The Addition, Formerly Yoshi's in San Francisco, to Abruptly Close". KQED. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

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