Great Star Theater

636 Jackson Street,
San Francisco, CA 94133

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Functions: Live Performances, Movies (Film Festivals)

Styles: Oriental

Previous Names: Great China Theatre

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 415.735.4159

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Great China Interior - 1920's

Opened in 1925 as the Great China Theatre. In the early-1960’s it was renamed Great Star Theater.

Contributed by William Gabel

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Ken Roe
Ken Roe on February 17, 2005 at 4:43 am

The headers need to be changed for this theatre: Status: Open, Function: Live performances (Chinese)
Current Name: Great Star Theatre

I have a San Francisco Chronicle advert dated November 1976 for the Great Star screening “Oriental Playgirl”

robboehm
robboehm on March 15, 2014 at 6:25 pm

But where is the overview. If nothing else, because of it’s location, there must be quite a history.

Dramatrauma
Dramatrauma on June 25, 2014 at 3:13 pm

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.

tjmayerinsf
tjmayerinsf on May 11, 2015 at 7:46 pm

Apparently, zoning issues were still a problem, now this: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Woman-killed-at-Chinatown-theater-venue-s-6256767.php

Great_Star_Theater
Great_Star_Theater on October 18, 2015 at 5:18 pm

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

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on May 28, 2017 at 4:42 pm

Mid `70’s photo added courtesy of Gabe P. Navarroā€ˇ.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on June 18, 2017 at 5:14 pm

My brother merged the two photos from Gabe P. Navarro. Added to the Photo’s Section.

stevenj
stevenj on February 11, 2018 at 9:11 pm

Sounds like from this linked article dated Jan 30, 2018 that the Great Star has closed.

HoodlineSF

stevenj
stevenj on June 9, 2021 at 8:10 am

The Great Star has reopened. From their website:

Great Star

m00se1111
m00se1111 on November 16, 2022 at 6:00 am

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/

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