Great Star Theater
636 Jackson Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94133
636 Jackson Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94133
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Functions: Cabaret, Circus, Live Performances, Movies (Film Festivals), Opera House
Styles: Oriental
Previous Names: Great China Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
415.735.4159
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News About This Theater
- Mar 17, 2010 — Great Star Theater in San Francisco's Chinatown to reopen
Opened on April 5, 1925 as the Great China Theatre, presenting Chinese Opera. During World War II it began screening Chinses movies. In the 1960’s it was renamed Great Star Theater. In the 1970’s Kung Fu movies were its main attraction.
In the 1990’s it was opened sporadically and was closed more than it was open and the theatre fell into a state of disrepair. New operators took over in 2010 and it was refurbished. It was still not a great success and other openings and closures under different operators took place in 2014 & 2015.
In 2020 it was refurbished again and reopened in 2021 presenting movies and Chinese Opera came back onto the stage. It now also presents circus, stand-up comedy and cabaret.
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William Gabel
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Recent comments (view all 12 comments)
But where is the overview. If nothing else, because of it’s location, there must be quite a history.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1927498591/great-star-theater
A campaign by the new managers to put the finishing touches in place after two years of just cleaning her up. Performances have happened since they took over and more are planned.
Apparently, zoning issues were still a problem, now this: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Woman-killed-at-Chinatown-theater-venue-s-6256767.php
We recently formed a non profit to keep this theater used for live performance and films. Thing are going well so far.
If you want more information, if you have photos you would like to share or if you are interested the website is: http://www.greatstartheater.org
Mid `70’s photo added courtesy of Gabe P. Navarro.
My brother merged the two photos from Gabe P. Navarro. Added to the Photo’s Section.
Sounds like from this linked article dated Jan 30, 2018 that the Great Star has closed.
HoodlineSF
The Great Star has reopened. From their website:
Great Star
The Great Star has been continuing it’s live event presentations and will do so into the new year.
It will be hosting many of the events for the 20th anniversary of SF Sketchfest, including a live table read of Dana Gould’s interpretation of “Plan 9 from Outer Space”
https://sfsketchfest.com/schedule-and-tickets/
The Great Star celebrates it’s 100th anniversary. From their website:
100th