Curran Theatre
445 Geary Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94102
445 Geary Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94102
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Operated by: Ambassador Theatre Group
Previously operated by: Shubert Brothers Theater Company
Architects: Alfred Henry Jacobs
Functions: Live Performances, Stage Shows
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
415.551.2000
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News About This Theater
- May 9, 2008 — Theatre Historical Society Conclave To Visit Bay Area
The Curran Theatre opened on September 10, 1922. It was built at a cost of $800,000 by Curran and Schubert Theatres; Alfred Henry Jacobs was the architect.
For eighty uninterrupted years, the Curran Theatre has served San Francisco theater-goers with top of the line legitimate productions, most recently the incredibly long running “Les Miserables” and “Phantom of the Opera”.
In 1925, the film version of “Phantom of the Opera”, starring the legendary Lon Chaney was shown at the Curran Theatre.
The Curran Theatre is a beautifully maintained architectural treasure, still operated according to the highest imaginable standards, a living example of San Francisco’s theatrical and architectural heritage. It was purchased by the San Francisco Giants, but remains operated by the United Kingdom based Ambassador Theater Company.
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Thanks, LM.
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some exterior curran shots
and here are some shots of the neighboring Geary, not on this site but much more interesting exterior
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The ghost of the cashier shot in 1933 haunts this theatre as does the spirit of a little girl killed by a car across the street in the 50’s. Information from tv series America’s Scariest Places.
The Curran has only shown 2 films in it’s 95 year history, The Phantom of the Opera mentioned in the overview above, and more recently Fences was screened last month. The Curran had been closed for a year for a lobby renovations and restoration of the auditorium. Here are a couple of articles on it w/pictures:
Curbed Article on the Curran
SFChronicle Curran
Reopened as Century on September 3rd, 1921 Grand opening ad in the photo section.
Hello-
speaking of the film The Queen of Sheba. its one of those classics from the silent era that has been “lost” for decades. but I wonder if its really “lost” or possibly is stored in unmarked cans deep down in the bowels of some film archive.
The current Curran Theatre has always operated under that name and was never called the Century. In fact, the comment about this notes or occurred in 1921 but the still existing theatre opened in 1922.
Confusion is understandable because PRIOR to building the current theatre, Homer Curran operated another theatre which he renamed Curran during his tenure there. That’s probably the theatre that was renamed Century.
10 new photos added of both exterior and interior before and during intermission at last night’s performance of Stereophonic.
The Curran has been purchased by the San Francisco Giants:
Playbill
When I was assigned to work in SF for a period of time I took in all the theatre I could. It was interesting that shows started at the given starting time, not like Broadway in NY where there was a leeway of up to fifteen minutes