Great Star Theater
The Great Star Theater, formerly known as Great China Theater, is a 410-seat theater located at 636 Jackson Street in San Francisco's Chinatown. It was built in 1925 for the Chinese opera and is the last Chinese theater in any Chinatown in the United States.
- Theater building
- …is wheelchair accessible
- …stands 30 feet (9 metres) tall
- Description: movie theater in San Francisco, California, United States
- Address: 636 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
- Email: management@greatstartheater.org
- Also known as“Great China Theatre”“Great Star Theatre”
- Operator: Roger Pincombe, Alice Chu, and Paul Nathan
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and Columbus Tower.
Transamerica Pyramid
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Columbus Tower
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown-North Beach and Chinatown.
Telegraph Hill
Neighborhood
Telegraph Hill is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
Great Star Theater
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Latitude
37.79636° or 37° 47′ 47″ north
Longitude
-122.4058° or 122° 24′ 21″ west
Open location code
849VQHWV+GM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatre
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Great Star Theater” goes by many names.
大星剧院Chinese
ग्रेट स्टार थियेटरHindi
Gurēto Sutā ShiatāJapanese
ぐれーとすたーしあたーJapanese
グレートスターシアターJapanese
그레이트 스타 극장Korean
Театр Great StarRussian
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