California Theatre
345 S. First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
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Phone: 408-792-4194
Phone2: 408-277-3535
Email: janderson@sanjose.org
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About:
For a time known as the Fox, the California Theatre was a 1927 vaudeville and film house that had closed its doors years ago. After a major reconstruction and restoration project of more than five years, its original name was restored along with the elaborate and beautiful interiors. Important upgrades were made in terms of audience comfort, theater technology, and meeting and conference facilities. Its grand re-opening was held in 2004.
The 1,100-seat auditorium, slightly smaller than England’s Glyndebourne and Venice’s historic Teatro la fenice, joins the select ranks of the world’s most intimate opera houses. There are only twenty rows of seats in the orchestra section, five rows in the grand tier, and six in the mezzanine. Each seat offers close proximity to the stage -- essential for engaging theatre.
Other important advantages for music-theatre lovers are a stage opening that is nearly fifty feet across and thirty feet high, a stage depth of fifty feet, and an orchestra pit beneath the stage that can accommodate a full orchestra. Most important to opera lovers, all acoustic tests indicate that the hall is absolutely perfect for opera.
The intricately restored gallery-foyer and auditorium are surrounded by entirely new conveniences and comforts, including elevators, ample restrooms upstairs and down, coat-check, intimate lounges as well as the magnificent gallery, and even a courtyard complete with fountain.
Excellent restaurants are nearby, including Agenda, Arcadia, Eulipia, Il Fornaio, and Original Joe’s. Others within easy walking distance are Palermo’s, City Grill, Pagoda, Grill on the Alley, Scott’s Seafood Grill and Bar, E. & O. Trading Co., Bella Mia, Stratta and others.
Parking Information:
Parking is available on S. 1st Street in back of Eulipia Restaurant, with access from S. 2nd Street. Parking garages are also available at the San Jose Convention Center and above the Camera Cinemas (accessible from 2nd or 3rd). |
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