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[1] [2] [3] The district encompasses part of the Union Square shopping district and the Tenderloin and Civic Center neighborhoods. [4] Theaters in the area include the Orpheum Theatre, Curran Theatre, Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, and American Conservatory Theater (which includes The Strand and Geary Theaters). [5] [6] [7]
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 [36]
After closing at the end of the 1995 Fall season for "a 21-month, US$88.5 million renovation, San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House reopened on 5 September 1997 with a gala concert celebrating this occasion, as well the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco Opera. Fittingly, the concert featured operatic greats of the past, present and future.
All the theater scenes were filmed at the Curran except for the dressing room interior. The television series The Streets of San Francisco filmed an episode inside and outside the Curran. In the program, the Curran is used as the setting for A.C.T. In reality, A.C.T. operates at the adjacent Geary Theatre which is also visible in some shots.
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The War Memorial Opera House is an opera house in San Francisco, California, located on the western side of Van Ness Avenue across from the west side/rear facade of the San Francisco City Hall. It is part of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center. It has been the home of the San Francisco Opera since opening night in 1932.
A nearly century-old wall collapsed under Hurricane Ian's brutal winds, leading to damage to a tall fly loft tower.
The San Francisco Opera Center was founded in 1982 by San Francisco Opera director Terence A. McEwen with the intent of consolidating the operation and administration of various educational,community outreach, and performance programs already existing at the San Francisco Opera, including the Adler Fellowship Program, Merola Opera Program, Western Opera Theatre, the "Showcase Series", "Brown ...