Rex Theatre
245 North Sycamore Street,
Petersburg,
VA
23803
245 North Sycamore Street,
Petersburg,
VA
23803
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The Rex Theatre dates back to at least 1940. The Rex Theatre closed in the 1960s and the building has since been demolished.
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The Rex Theatre opened in 1938. It closed for the first time on June 8, 1958. It’s last show was “Slaughter On 10th Avenue”. It reopened the day after the Palace closed, as a replacement for the Palace, on Sept. 24, 1959, with a double feature of “Thunder Road” and “God’s Little Acre”. It closed permanently a year later, on Oct. 30, 1960, with a double feature of “The Last Blitzkrieg” and “Gunman from Laredo”.