Vogue Theatre

The Vogue is THE place to see how a nice theather was gutted out in favor of a crapy bar. What a shame!

Of course it still stands, and retains an intact exterior which is better than many old theatres. Not every theatre can be reused as a movie palace, but if they can be reused and retain there look, that is a plus. Otherwise it will end up like the Uptown Theatre at 42nd and College which was demolished after it artially collapsed or the Ritz on Illinois which sits empty and is ready to collapse.

Well, though I haven't been to the Vogue in years (I moved from Indy in 1987), when I left it as a bar, it was better than it was when it was a theater. Growing up on the north side in the 60s and 70s, I saw many movies at the Vogue, the last being "Escape from the Planet of the Apes." I remember it being run down even in the 60s and never had the grandeur of the Indiana, or the screen dynamics of the Eastwood.

It's better off as a bar!

The Vogue theater opened on June 18, 1938. The architect was Edwin Kopf. The history of this theater along with many photos came be seen here:
http://www.broadripplehistory.com/br_vogue.htm

More history & current photo:
http://www.thevogue.ws/inside.html

Three photos:
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/10/voguet1.jpg
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/10/voguet2.jpg
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/10/voguet3.jpg

This is a 1946 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/pnewd

Let's try that again:
http://tinyurl.com/rn3f7

Here is another photo of the Vogue Theater.

Vogue Nightclub website.

Here are some Vogue Theater related photos:


Photo1

Photo2

Photo3

Photo4

Photo5

Here is a current photo by Stephen Loy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveloy/1861445940/sizes/o/

Wow, Dr. Bop (& The Headliners) played there? They were a riot. Had their own bartender on stage with them. They'd bat pitchers of beer out over/on the audience with their guitars. Indoors at a theatre must have been a mess.
They performed on a rubber mat. Insured by Lloyds Of London I was told. They lived in Chicago for a while in the `80's. Played many a street fair. They had rotating female back-up singers called the "Melendez Sisters." A gal I went to grade school with turned up as one once. Her dad was a folk musician too as I recall. Thanks for the pics.

Here are two 1985 photos:

Photo1

Photo2

Here is another 1985 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/nzoopw

This is a 2009 photo of the Vogue at night.

Here are two daytime photos from 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/l4vjhm
http://tinyurl.com/nfnkhg

Cute

Here is a sketch from June 2009:
http://tinyurl.com/nvgzl2

LOL

I liked it.

I'm not surprised.

This is a recent night photo.