The Nederlander Organization, founded in 1912 by David T. Nederlander and based in Detroit, Michigan, is one of the largest operators of legitimate theatres 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 theatres – making it the second-largest owner of Broadway theatres after the Shubert Organization – and a number of theaters across the United States, including its current Detroit base in the Fisher Building, plus three West End theatres in London, England; and concerts in California.
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Gershwin Theatre
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Marquis Theatre
Minskoff Theatre
Nederlander Theatre
Palace Theatre
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Neil Simon Theatre
Adelphi Theatre
Aldwych Theatre
Dominion Theatre
Auditorium Theatre (booking rights; owned by Roosevelt University)
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
Cadillac Palace Theatre
Oriental Theatre
PrivateBank Theatre
Centennial Hall – under contract with the University of Arizona, Tucson
The Grove of Anaheim – Anaheim, California
Pantages Theatre – Los Angeles
Balboa Theatre – San Diego
Civic Theatre – San Diego
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts – San Jose, California
San Jose Civic Auditorium – San Jose, California
Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, California
Fisher Theatre – Detroit
Detroit Opera House – Detroit; operated jointly with Michigan Opera Theatre
Durham Performing Arts Center – Durham, North Carolina
North Charleston Performing Arts Center – North Charleston, South Carolina
Biltmore Theatre (sold)
Henry Miller's Theatre (sold)
Mark Hellinger Theatre (sold)
New Amsterdam Theatre (sold)
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 – Birmingham, Michigan (sold and reverted to cinema)
Bogart's – Cincinnati (sold)
Concord Pavilion – Concord, California (management contact ended)
Curran Theatre – San Francisco (now operated by Carole Shorenstein Hays)
Fox Tucson Theatre – Tucson, Arizona (changed venues)
Fox Theatre – San Diego (management contract ended)
Golden Gate Theatre – San Francisco (now operated by SHN)
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)
New World Music Theater – Tinley Park, Illinois (sold)
Orpheum Theatre – San Francisco (now operated by SHN)
Pacific Amphitheatre – Costa Mesa, California (management contact sold)
Palace West – Phoenix
Pine Knob Music Theatre – Clarkston, Michigan (sold)
Poplar Creek Music Theater – Hoffman Estates, Illinois (sold and demolished)
Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati (booking only, 1984–1999; sold)
Fox Performing Arts Center – Riverside, California (contract ended)
Grand Riviera Theater – Detroit (closed and later demolished)
Shubert Lafayette Theatre – Detroit (demolished)
Studebaker Theatre – Chicago
Target Center – Minneapolis (co-managed 2004–2007)
Taft Theatre – Cincinnati (sold)
Tucson Music Hall – Tucson (management contact ended)
Wang Theatre – Boston (1982–1984; contract ended)
Wilshire Theatre – Beverly Hills, California (1981–1989; contract ended).
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
SunTrust Broadway (Durham, North Carolina)
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 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.
