Rex Theater (Haiti)

The Rex has been the site of many cultural and entertainment events. In its first week, the Rex Theater screened films that included La Bataille (The Battle), La Robe Rouge (The Red Dress), Gai Divorce (The Gay Divorcee), and Banque Nemo (''Nemo's Bank''), and hosted its first play in April 1937.:60. Folk acapella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock also performed at Rex Théâtre in Fall 1994 to mark the return of constitutional democracy to Haiti. ==Political events==

On various occasions events at the Rex have had a political focus or political implications. For example, on 20 December 1945, as the first of a planned series of twelve lectures, the poet André Breton spoke at the Rex on "Surréalisme". Upon completing his lecture, which was attended by six hundred students as well as the president of Haiti and many of his ministers, senators and deputies, and some military dignitaries and business people, The Rex Theater had been the initially planned site for the "inauguration" of Gérard Gourgue as an "alternative president". However, "the theater's management, fearful of popular outrage, canceled the event". ==References==