James M. Nederlander

[5] Nederlander was born in Detroit to a Jewish family, one of six children of Sarah (née Applebaum) and David T.

[3] He dropped out of the pre-law program at the Detroit Institute of Technology,[7] took a job in the box office of the Lafayette Theater, and then worked as the treasurer in the traveling Air Force production of Moss Hart's Winged Victory which played on Broadway where he made valuable connections.

After his father's death in the 1960s, the Nederlander brothers continued to purchase theaters[1] expanding nationally with Jimmy moving to New York City, Harry to San Francisco, and Joey remaining in Detroit.

[3] Their largest rivals were the Shubert family, the founders of Broadway theatre district in New York City.

On February 8, 2019 the venue unveiled its newly renovated marquee, vertical blade sign and signage as the James M. Nederlander Theatre.