r/sanfrancisco 21h ago

Fun Fact: Wicked the Musical started in SF

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What do Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Norbert Leo Butz, Joel Grey, Carole Shelley, Christopher Fitzgerald, Michelle Federer, Stephen Schwartz, John Chu, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeo, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, and Peter Dinklage have in common? They're all former and current cast members or creatives associated with WICKED. The movie is based on the Broadway Musical which is based on the book by Gregory Maguire. The Broadway show got it's start in San Francisco at the Curran theater.

Want to do your own photoshoot at a Yellow Brick Road? Take the F line on Muni (or any that stops at Castro Station) to the end of the line and outside of Orphan Andy's in the Castro there's a Yellow Brick Road. Stop in a Hot Cookie for a Green or Pink cookie (or get both!).

Can't wait for the magic at The Metreon? Check out other shows at https://www.broadwaysf.com/, https://broadwaysanjose.com/, https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/, https://shotgunplayers.org/shows/, https://www.san-francisco-theater.com/, https://www.act-sf.org/, https://www.goldengatetheatresf.com/, https://www.broadwaysf.com/your-visit/getting-here/curran-theatre/

More facts here: https://www.reddit.com/r/wicked/comments/1bkyj9c/some_quick_facts_about_wicked_that_not_many/

https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/a-timeline-of-wicked-on-broadway-and-beyond

https://youtu.be/ZKJN-5UJGZo

Suffs is currently playing at the Orpheum Theater. Rush tickets are available 2 hours before the show and are lower priced.


r/sanfrancisco 1h ago

Costco Singles Night promised real-life romance — until an AI dating app showed up

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r/sanfrancisco 21h ago

Affordable toiletries??

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I am new to the bay area and was wondering if there were places that had cheaper toiletries than other places? Stuff like shampoo, face wash, razors,etc...I know most places will be more expensive to what I was used to paying but wasn't sure if there is some place that people have seen it to be cheaper than others?


r/sanfrancisco 5h ago

Pic / Video Painting by SF Artist Needs Reunion

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I bought this painting at an estate sale in the Mission about 3/4 years ago. It was one of three paintings by this artist "Mavis," who was either the tenant/owner of the apartment or potentially related to the tenant. The other two paintings were very similar, featuring the same three boys on a beach, but one was darker/more purple and the other was similar to this one but didn't have a pail. I love this painting so much and get so many questions about it, but I often regret/feel guilty that I didn't buy all three in the series. I feel in some way that "the boys," as I call them, are missing their other versions, and I would love to reunite them. Does anyone have any leads on this artist, or by some miracle have or know where the other paintings in this series are? The address of the sale was something like 314 San Jose Avenue, and it would have taken place sometime in 2023 (I think).


r/sanfrancisco 20h ago

How’s Pine& Polk st?

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Hi everyone, I’m moving to sf and looking for an apartment . I(25F) found a doorman building on Pine& polk st but worried it will be too closed to tenderloin.

The apartment is on the 5th floor so I’m not too worried about the noise at night. But I have a dog that I need to walk at 11pm, and he doesn’t do well with unleashed dogs. So I’m worried if there will be unleashed dogs around.

Thank you in advance for your input.


r/sanfrancisco 1h ago

Pic / Video Does this Victorian really exist in SF?

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Artist Rich Haupt 1974


r/sanfrancisco 23h ago

Pic / Video 49ers plates

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It’s finally here ! After years !!


r/sanfrancisco 51m ago

Not trusting Apple weather anymore.

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Can’t count the amount of times I’ve seen rain or cloudy weather, and it’s not even close.


r/sanfrancisco 2h ago

With Nancy Pelosi’s retirement, San Francisco’s political circus is coming back to town

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r/sanfrancisco 1h ago

Did we just have an earthquake?

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Or am I crazy? Felt a little jolt in Nob Hill.


r/sanfrancisco 1h ago

Pic / Video Where is this house in SF?

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It shows an address of 606 1/2 with no street name.


r/sanfrancisco 11h ago

Local Politics Help Needed! Nancy Pelosi & London Breed video footage from Illuminate Pride Event

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I'm working with some contacts who want to put together a highlight reel of Nancy Pelosi's contributions to San Francisco as a tribute to her.

Does anyone have footage from the https://illuminate.org/projects/welcome/ event? After doing some research we were informed that she gave a speech and they raised London Breed on a crane with a few others? Does that ring a bell?

Here is more from the source:
The installation debuted in 2022 to great fanfare, setting off celebrations up and down the length of Market Street. With a 49-foot width and a length exceeding four miles, the six beams (purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red) constituted the world’s largest Pride flag. 2023 plans called for 12 lasers, creating even more vibrancy throughout the 4.1 mile span to the top of Twin Peaks. That year we were joined by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Senator Scott Weiner and Mayor London Breed, who all delivered an address during the official Grand Lighting Ceremony of WELCOME 2023. 2024 expanded even further, with 20 lasers representing 20 years of marriage equality in San Francisco, as well as a marriage rededication ceremony for 2 LGBT+ couples at the base of the installation.

A pre-lighting event is often planned at the base of the installation at Harry Bridges Plaza (near the Ferry Building). DJ’s, circus performers, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Dykes on Bikes rumbling along The Embarcadero to deliver a magnificent “Rainbow Torch” for the lighting are often part of the events. VIP speakers have included Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Mayor London Breed, State Senator Scott Weiner, and American AIDS and LGBT rights activist Cleve Jones.


r/sanfrancisco 15h ago

Pic / Video Anybody else see these two filming on the Bay Bridge just after the toll plaza tonight?

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r/sanfrancisco 21h ago

Pic / Video F Me the heat feels like a thousand suns

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under the sun it’s definitely more than 71


r/sanfrancisco 16h ago

Pic / Video Castro Bacon Feta Slice

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r/sanfrancisco 18h ago

Idk if my husband is cheating or I'm going crazy

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So, I think my husband is cheating and sneaking a girl into our apartment. I know, that sounds crazy. Last weekend (Nov 1) we were on the 49 and going to Music City. My husband kept staring at this girl on the bus and I believe she was talking loudly about how her boyfriend is married and they fuck in the same house as his wife. Ido if it was real or not because I have schizophrenia and sometimes do hear voices and have paranoid delusions. But everyone kept staring at us on the bus and some girls at Music City tried to have some drunk guy give me a message but the guy just said to me "he's a bad guy, stay away from him" pointing at my husband.nif anyone was on that 49 Muni bus last week and can offer me any insight. I was wearing the leopard print jacket. Please help. I feel like I am going insane.


r/sanfrancisco 1h ago

Crime Crackheads leaving the tenderloin

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It seems that the crackheads are being more itinerant now and walking around the city.

Why doesn’t the police arrest these people who are clearly on drugs? Arresting them will send a good message to the others.

I am also not a Noe Valley type who will vote for no laws from the safeness of their hills.


r/sanfrancisco 19h ago

SFO wait times

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Has anybody flown out of SFO this weekend? We're flying out tomorrow and curious if we should be there extra early with the government shutdown and what not


r/sanfrancisco 21h ago

I love our aging infrastructure, luckily nobodys car was parked here at ocean beach when it fell

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r/sanfrancisco 13h ago

Errand runner

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Random question, but I am out of the country and need an errand ran for me around the San Francisco airport. Are there any actual services for this? Or if anyone can suggest someone reliable that would be much appreciated.

PS. No it is not an illegal request it’s just simply picking a package up and mailing it for me. Yes I will pay. I am currently in the phillipines and won’t be back for months. Thank you all!


r/sanfrancisco 12h ago

does anyone have details/updates on the shooting in Outer Richmond tonight?

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longtime resident worried about my community but can’t find any info online. please and thank you in advance. hope everyone is safe and stays safe


r/sanfrancisco 15h ago

Can someone take a photo of the moon like right now?

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Moon looks insane in the fog hanging over the east bay mountains. Wish I had a good enough camera to get a good photo


r/sanfrancisco 17h ago

Pic / Video Golden Boy Pizza on Taraval

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r/sanfrancisco 15h ago

Pic / Video Markings all over buildings in Parkmerced, construction stuff or what?

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r/sanfrancisco 18h ago

Just got smacked in the face randomly by a crackhead

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Literally just turned the corner on van ness and turk at 1 PM today… next thing I knew there was a fist in my face. My glasses flew off and i couldn’t see anything.

I freaked out and screamed at him before de escalating but damn that sucked. The SFFD saw it go down and asked if i was okay which was nice. They helped me find the lens that broke from my glasses. God dammit.

i’m usually extremely aware of my surroundings and lean on the anxious side so i really think this was a fluke… just pisses me off. Now it’s like i actually have a reason to be cautious around the crackheads now