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.
Alcazar Theatre - 511-seat theater at 650 Geary Street
Balancoire - restaurant/bar/club with live performances, 22nd and Mission Streets in the Mission
Bayview Opera House - includes a 300-seat theater; at 4705 Third Street
Beverly Hills Playhouse of San Francisco - theater and acting school at 414 Mason Street, Suite 502 in Union Square
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - seats 7000, at 99 Grove Street 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
Bottom of the Hill - music venue at 1233 17th Street
Boxcar Theatre - "immersive theatrical experience" venue at 505 Natoma in SOMA
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
Buriel Clay Theatre - 200+ seat venue at the African American Art and Culture Complex (AAACC); 762 Fulton Street
Cartwright Hotel on Union Square - hosts Magian Productions in the 80-seat Pacific Heights Room, 524 Sutter Street
Castro Theatre - 1400 seats, primarily a movie house, but also used for live special events, at 429 Castro Street
Center for Sex & Culture - hosts live theater and other events, 1349 Mission Street South of Market
Chancellor Hotel Theatre - hosts the San Francisco Magic Parlor at 433 Powell Street
The Chapel - music venue at 777 Valencia Street in the Mission
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
Curran Theatre - off Union Square; built in 1922
Dance Mission Theater - 3316 24th Street in the Mission
The Dark Room Theatre - small theatre and event space in the Mission; 2263 Mission Street
Diego Rivera Theatre at City College of San Francisco - home of the mural Pan American Unity by Diego Rivera; 50 Phelan Avenue
Eureka Theatre - frequent venue for the LGBT company Theatre Rhinoceros, and for 42nd Street Moon; 215 Jackson Street
EXIT Theatre - an alternative theater in the downtown Tenderloin neighborhood; 156 Eddy Street
Feinstein's at the Nikko - 222 Mason Street
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
Magic Theatre - 159 seats
Southside Theatre - 160 seats
Geary Theatre - home of American Conservatory Theater company; 415 Geary Street
Golden Gate Theatre - in the Tenderloin; built in 1922; once housed vaudeville acts; owned by SHN
Gough Street Playhouse - 50-seat home of the Custom Made Theatre Co.; 1620 Gough Street
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; 636 Jackson Street in Chinatown
The Hypnodrome - 575 10th Street
Imperial Palace - restaurant featuring weekend production Tony n' Tina's Wedding; 818 Washington Street in Chinatown
Inner Mission - theater and event space at 2050 Bryant Street in the Mission, home of Theater MadCap
Intersection for the Arts - established in 1965; the oldest alternative non-profit art space in San Francisco; new facility at 925 Mission Street
Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium - historic theater at 220 Golden Gate Avenue; hosts productions by Theater of Others
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
The Marsh San Francisco MainStage Theatre - specializes in developing new performance; 1062 Valencia Street in the Mission District
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts - includes a 150-seat theater; 2868 Mission Street in the Mission
Mojo Theatre - theater in the Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street in the Mission
New Conservatory Theatre Center - nonprofit theater company located at 25 Van Ness Avenue
New Mission Theater - movie theater at 2550 Mission Street
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
ODC Theater - 351 Shotwell Street in the Mission District
Orpheum Theatre - in the Tenderloin; built in 1926; Spanish imperial architecture; SF historical landmark; owned by SHN
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre - 3301 Lyon Street; originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, has since been rebuilt, renovated and seismically retrofitted
Pena Pachamama - 1630 Powell Street
Phoenix Theatre - two stages: 6th floor theatre and the Annex, at 414 Mason Street
PianoFight - 144 Taylor Street
Project Artaud - arts complex and community in the Mission District; includes the following theatres:Joe Goode Annex - performance space for the Joe Goode Performance Group; 401 Alabama Street
NOHSpace - host of Theatre of Yugen, 2840 Mariposa Street
Z Space - home of the theatre company of the same name, with a main stage and the smaller Z Below theater; 450 Florida Street
Punch Line - comedy club at 444 Battery Street
Regency Center - major concert venue at 1290 Sutter Street
Royce Gallery - historic warehouse performance venue at 2901 Mariposa Street in the Mission
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
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 - 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 Avenue 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; 934 Brannan Street
Stage Werx Theatre - 446 Valencia Street Mission District theatre hosts love performances, comedy, solo performance, music, and movies
Strand Theatre - new venue opened in 2015 owned by American Conservatory Theater; originally opened in 1917 and shuttered in 2003; across from UN Plaza
Supperclub - 657 Harrison Street
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
Thick House - theater venue for Art Space Development Corporation (ArtsDeco) at 1695 18th Street, Potrero Hill
Tides Theatre - 99-seat theater at 533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, Union Square
Un-Scripted Theater Company - 49-seat improv theater at 533 Sutter Street, 2nd floor, Union Square
Variety Preview Room Theatre - located in the Hobart building, 582 Market Street
Venetian Room at the Fairmont San Francisco - home of Bay Area Cabaret performances, 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
Walt Disney Family Museum Theater - Presidio Main Post
The Warfield - large historic music venue at 982 Market Street
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - includes the Novelius/YBCA Theatre; 701 Mission Street
Yoshi's San Francisco - jazz club at 1330 Fillmore Street
