Nixon Theatre

417-4215 7th Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on September 7, 2014 at 11:28 am

The historical sketch of Pittsburgh’s first Nixon Theatre on this web page gives the address as 417-425 Sixth Avenue, and says that it was designed by Chicago architect Benjamin H. Marshall.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 7, 2014 at 9:58 am

December 7th, 1903 grand opening ad in photo section.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 14, 2013 at 2:25 pm

This is a rather belated reply to KJB2012’s question about the origin of the Nixon Theatre’s name. The original owner of the Nixon Theatre was Samuel F. Nixon-Nirdlinger, a theater operator based in Philadelphia in the late 19th and early 20th century. He owned several theaters in Pennsylvania, and in 1896 was one of the six founders of the notorious Theatrical Syndicate, which for many years controlled bookings for most of the legitimate theaters in the United States.

RogerA
RogerA on March 9, 2013 at 8:53 pm

So that South Pacific program must be from a road show version of the stage show.

RogerA
RogerA on March 8, 2013 at 10:00 pm

South Pacific didn’t get released until 1958.

Pebbles24
Pebbles24 on June 27, 2012 at 4:54 pm

I have a program from the Nixon Theatre from April 26, 1954 for South Pacific. Is this considered a collectible or anything of value?

KJB2012
KJB2012 on December 13, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Why is it named Nixon? Was that a theatre chain back when?

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on December 13, 2010 at 11:07 am

A picture of the Nixon Theatre (sometimes referred to as the first Nixon Theatre, to avoid confusion with the later one that was on Liberty Ave.): View link