Brava Women's Theater Arts
2789 24th Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94110
2789 24th Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94110
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This neighborhood theater opened in 1924 as the Roosevelt Theatre. For most of its life, the theater was known as the York Theatre.
The York Theatre closed as a movie house in 1993.
In the fall of 2001, the theater was restored and reopened as Brava Women’s Theater Arts.
The theater has retained its screen for movies but is now primarily a performing arts center.
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Tom Mayer
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When The Roosevelt Theatre opened it seated 1006 people. That’s info is from Fily Daily.
In its final few years as a movie house, the York was operated by the Red Vic collective; for a time it was their only venue as they had been forced to vacate their original location and had not yet found a new location for that theater.
THE S.F. YORK THEATER WAS FOR ABOUT 1 YR, “THE YORK REVIVAL CENTER”,
WHEN MY LATE FATHER AND I, HAD A CHURCH-REVIVAL THERE, IN APROSIMENTLY 1965 OR SO.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND MANY CAME TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST…
AS A PERSONAL SAVIOR!
“IN CHRIST … IS LIFE! ”
(REV. B. DOWELL / )
Here is a website for this theater.
This is a recent close-up view of the Brava.
A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 1471 style “D” was installed in the Roosevelt Theater on 10/9/1926. Status: Sold.
2009 photo
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1986 Photo
According to the August 3, 1946, issue of Boxoffice Magazine, the Roosevelt Theatre, operated by Ben Levin, had been completely renovated, with new lobby, marquee, rest rooms, and decoration. The architect for the project was Otto A. Deichman. Unless there was another Roosevelt Theatre in San Francisco, this must be the place.
We loved the York in the late 80s, partly because you could smoke in the balcony. If I remember correctly, they had a dual effort with the Red Vic in the Haight. The schedule of films (which usually only ran for a day or two) was printed in a sort of poster format covering several months. We were always looking to see what was coming up at the Red Vic and the York.