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The Orpheum Theatre

1192 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94102 map
cross street: Hyde & Market
district: Tenderloin

Tel. 415-551-2000
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Events Calendar
Tue Jan 27 - Tue Jun 30
Wicked
San Francisco audiences and critics alike feel a special connection with the smash hit musical WICKED and its history in the city by the bay. WICKED had its world premiere at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre on May 28, 2003. This opening followed a lon... More		 Tickets

About The Orpheum Theatre

The theater was built in 1926 and has featured vaudeville, silent films, motion pictures, musical comedy, and now serves as a top level playhouse for Broadway productions touring the country. The Orpheum is one of San Francisco's top theaters and a San Francisco Historical Landmark.

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Editorial Review
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The Drowsy Chaperone
Tony winner leaves audience joyous
By Jessica Moskowitz (08/01/2008)

" If you adoringly hum refrains from the American musicals of Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin, you will be charmed and delighted by the frolicking, play within a play “The Drowsy Chaperone” currently on stage at SHN’s ornate Orpheum Theater. If you prefer baseball to musical theater you may not understand some of the shows self-referential humor, but you will still have a damn good time. "

Editorial Review
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Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
An Extravagant Interpretation
By Nirmala Nataraj (03/24/2006)

" If you're familiar with the work of British choreographer Matthew Bourne, you'll know that his theatrical performances are imbued with pop culture references and lavish touches of gay camp. Bourne's done everything from sizzling reproductions of "Carmen" (as envisioned in a 1950s town teeming with sweaty car mechanics, in "The Car Man") to hokey interpretations of fusty ballets like "The Nutcracker". But there are always a few things you can count on from a Matthew Bourne show: famously over the top sets and costumes; scorching gay fantasy with touches of seedy epicureanism; and an unforgettable sense of playful debauchery. "

Editorial Review
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Wicked, the Musical
Enchantingly Light
By Nirmala Nataraj (08/11/2005)

" There really is no place like home, that magical fantasy realm we often prefer to the real thing. You know the home I'm talking about-the place where incredulity is suspended in favor of schlocky family fare, nostalgia, and the belief that no matter how bad things are, it always "turns out" in the end. That's where classic sagas of unreality, like The Wizard of Oz (at least in its technicolor incarnation) come in. The musical Wicked, the sensation which took home 14 major awards (including a few Grammys and Tonys), plays up to the fanciful expectations of diehard Broadway lovers, in its limited engagement at the Orpheum Theatre. "

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