Nederlander Organization


The Nederlander Organization, founded in 1912 by David T. Nederlander in Detroit, and currently based in New York City, 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 Broadway theaters, 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 Chicago, plus three West End theatres in London.

Current venues

Broadway theatres

Former Broadway theatres

  • Biltmore Theatre
  • Henry Miller's Theatre
  • Mark Hellinger Theatre
  • New Amsterdam Theatre

    Other former venues

  • Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, Wisconsin
  • Arie Crown Theater - Chicago
  • Arrowhead Pond - Anaheim, California 1994–2004
  • Birmingham Theatre - Birmingham, Michigan
  • Bogart's - Cincinnati
  • Concord Pavilion - Concord, California
  • Curran Theatre - San Francisco
  • Detroit Opera House - Detroit; owned and operated by Michigan Opera Theatre
  • Fisher Theatre - Detroit
  • Fox Tucson Theatre - Tucson, Arizona
  • Fox Theatre - San Diego
  • Golden Gate Theatre - San Francisco
  • Greek Theatre - Los Angeles
  • Masonic Theatre - Detroit
  • McVickers Theatre – Chicago
  • Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, Maryland
  • Morris A. Mechanic Theatre - Baltimore
  • National Theatre - Washington, D.C.
  • New World Music Theater - Tinley Park, Illinois
  • Orpheum Theatre - San Francisco
  • Pacific Amphitheatre - Costa Mesa, California
  • Palace West - Phoenix
  • Pine Knob Music Theatre - Clarkston, Michigan
  • Poplar Creek Music Theater - Hoffman Estates, Illinois
  • Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati
  • Fox Performing Arts Center - Riverside, California
  • Grand Riviera Theater - Detroit
  • Shubert Lafayette Theatre - Detroit
  • Studebaker Theatre – Chicago
  • Target Center - Minneapolis
  • Taft Theatre - Cincinnati
  • Tucson Music Hall - Tucson
  • Wang Theatre - Boston
  • Wilshire Theatre - Beverly Hills, California.

    Subscription series

  • Best of Broadway
  • Broadway In Chicago
  • Broadway In Detroit
  • Broadway Los Angeles
  • Broadway San Diego
  • Broadway in Tucson
  • Truist Broadway

    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 Americans with Disabilities Act. 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.