Nixon Theatre
417-4215 7th Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15219
417-4215 7th Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15219
1 person
favorited this theater
Showing 9 comments
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.
December 7th, 1903 grand opening ad in photo section.
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.
So that South Pacific program must be from a road show version of the stage show.
South Pacific didn’t get released until 1958.
I have a program from the Nixon Theatre from April 26, 1954 for South Pacific. Is this considered a collectible or anything of value?
Why is it named Nixon? Was that a theatre chain back when?
Another view: View link
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