Rialto Theatre
1620 Glenwood Avenue,
Raleigh,
NC
27608
1620 Glenwood Avenue,
Raleigh,
NC
27608
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This is a beautiful theater and a great little place to see a movie with other movie lovers.
I was in Raleigh this past weekend and even though I didn’t go to the theater I have to sayt it is really very nice looking from the outside.
Ambassador Entertainment owns this theatre.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been a cult late show favorite since it premiere at the Rialto every Friday night since the late 1980’s…..Always shown every Friday night at midnight.
1988 photo of the Rialto Theatre.
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This is a 2008 article about the Rialto.
Here is a photo of the Rialto.
I loved the Rialto when it was the Colony. I used to go there in the summer of 1980 and catch the $1.00 matinees of “Star Trek The Motion Picture and all of the horror movies such as Friday the 13th and American Werewolf In London. I even used to play in a Rocky Horror cast from 1990 to 1993.
They have a website:
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History and some old photos of the Colony/Rialto theater can be seen here.
But now, the colony is another 2 screen theater in Raleigh.
The Rialto Theatre was once known as the Colony Theatre and it seated 550 people.