The Nederlander Organization, founded in 1912 by David T. Nederlander in

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, and currently based in

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, is one of the largest operators of live theaters and music venues in the United States. Its first acquisition was a lease on the Detroit Opera House in 1912. The building was demolished in 1928. It later operated the Shubert Lafayette Theatre until its demolition in 1964 and the Riviera Theatre, both in Detroit. Since then, the organization has grown to include nine

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s – making it the second-largest owner of Broadway theaters after the Shubert Organization – and a number of theaters across the United States, including five large theaters in

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, plus three

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Current venues

Broadway theatres

* Gershwin Theatre * Lena Horne Theatre * Lunt-Fontanne Theatre * Marquis Theatre * Minskoff Theatre * Nederlander Theatre * Palace Theatre * Richard Rodgers Theatre * Neil Simon Theatre

West End theatres

* Adelphi Theatre (co-owned with

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's LW Theatres) * Aldwych Theatre * Dominion Theatre

Chicago theatres

* Auditorium Theatre (booking rights; owned by

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) * Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place * Cadillac Palace Theatre * CIBC Theatre * Nederlander Theatre

Other US venues

* Centennial Hall – under contract with the

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* Pantages Theatre – Los Angeles *

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*Civic Theatre – San Diego * San Jose Center for the Performing Arts –

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* San Jose Civic Auditorium – San Jose, California * Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, California * Durham Performing Arts Center – Durham, North Carolina *

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– North Charleston, South Carolina * Heritage Bank Center – Cincinnati, Ohio and its tenant, the Cincinnati Cyclones Professional Hockey Team

Former venues

Former Broadway theatres

* Biltmore Theatre (sold) * Henry Miller's Theatre (sold) * Mark Hellinger Theatre (sold) * New Amsterdam Theatre (sold)

Other former venues

* Alpine Valley Music Theatre – East Troy, Wisconsin (sold) * Arie Crown Theater – Chicago (1977–1986; contract ended) * Arrowhead Pond – Anaheim, California 1994–2004(management contract ended) *Birmingham Theatre –

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(sold and reverted to cinema) * Bogart's – Cincinnati (sold) * Concord Pavilion –

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(management contract ended) * Curran Theatre – San Francisco (now operated by Carole Shorenstein Hays) * Detroit Opera House – Detroit; owned and operated by Michigan Opera Theatre (interest sold in April 2021) * Fisher Theatre – Detroit (sold in April 2021) *

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(changed venues) * Fox Theatre – San Diego (management contract ended) * Golden Gate Theatre – San Francisco (sold in April 2021) * Greek Theatre – Los Angeles (contract ended in 2015) * Masonic Theatre – Detroit (management contract ended) *McVickers Theatre – Chicago * Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, Maryland (sold) * Morris A. Mechanic Theatre – Baltimore (closed) * National Theatre – Washington, D.C. (1970–1982) *

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– Tinley Park, Illinois (sold) * Orpheum Theatre – San Francisco (sold in April 2021) * Pacific Amphitheatre – Costa Mesa, California (management contract sold) * Palace West – Phoenix *

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– Clarkston, Michigan (sold) * Poplar Creek Music Theater –

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(sold and demolished) * Riverbend Music Center –

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(booking only, 1984–1999; sold) *

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– Riverside, California (contract ended) *

Grand Riviera Theater The Grand Riviera Theater was a movie palace theater located at 9222 Grand River Avenue in western Detroit, Michigan. It took its name from Grand River Avenue. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1980, and listed on the National ...

– Detroit (closed and later demolished) *Shubert Lafayette Theatre – Detroit (demolished) *

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– Chicago * Target Center –

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(co-managed 2004–2007) * Taft Theatre – Cincinnati (sold) *

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– Tucson (management contract ended) * Wang Theatre – Boston (1982–1984; contract ended) * Wilshire Theatre –

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(1981–1989; contract ended).

Subscription series

*Best of Broadway (North Charleston) * Broadway In Chicago *Broadway In Detroit *Broadway Los Angeles (formerly Los Angeles Civic Light Opera) *Broadway San Diego (formerly San Diego Playgoers) * Broadway in Tucson *Truist Broadway ( Durham, North Carolina)

Legal actions

In 1993, the Orange County Fair Board purchased the remaining 30 years of Nederlander's 40-year lease on the Pacific Amphitheatre for $12.5 million. The board filed suit against Nederlander in 1995 maintaining that the organization placed restrictive sound covenants in the sale contract that made the venue unusable and therefore eliminated it from competing with the nearby Greek Theatre and Arrowhead Pond. In January 2014, Nederlander settled a suit with the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York City over violations of the

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. Under the consent decree, Nederlander agreed to make alterations within three-years to nine of its theatres in New York to make them more accessible and pay a $45,000 penalty. The case was one in a series filed by the U.S. Attorney against a number of public venues in the city.

Gallery

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References

External links

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Nederlander Worldwide Website
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