Nederlander's father bought the Orpheum Theatre on Lafayette in 1940 with the
Shubert Organization. They renamed the theatre the Shubert-Lafayette Theatre (demolished in 1964). Nederlander, now working in all aspects of the business from the box office to sweeping the floors, with his father and brother James, also purchased the
Riviera Theatre (demolished in 1996) on West Grand River. with his father, D.T. and brother, James. The 3,500-seat movie house built by the
Fisher brothers would be pared down to a state-of-the-art 2,200-seat legitimate live theatre. Shubert Theatre, and Grand Riviera Theater. Nederlander was instrumental in the opening of the Pine Knob Music Theatre (now known as
DTE Energy Music Theatre) in the 1970s. The Nederlander Organization controls nine Broadway theaters and is the second-largest of the three companies that dominate Broadway, after the Shubert Organization (which owns 16 theaters) and ahead of
Jujamcyn (which owns five). On a global scale, the Nederlander Organization is larger, with an additional 15 theaters nationwide. They are the only one of the three that is still run by its owners. ==Personal life==