Revue Theater
3956 N. Elston Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60618
3956 N. Elston Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60618
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This Irving Park neighborhood theater opened in the 1910s as the Mabel, located on Elston Avenue near Central Park Avenue. It could seat just under 700.
During the 30s, it was renamed the Revue, and continued operating until the early 50s. The building is currently used as a plumbing fixture store.
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Bryan Krefft
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I was mistaken; the central was in fact located at 3937 N Central Park, just a few doors away.
Also, two Sanborn maps show the capacity as 496.
And the present use is a plumbing fixture store called “Showerworks”
Brian, according to the 1945 Film Daily Yearbook, the seat count at the Revue Theatre was 695 at that time.
Hi BWChicago;
The other listing on this site for a Central Theatre in Chicago is fairly far away. Did the Central that was near the Revue have another name?
Thanks!