{"id":2527,"date":"2012-09-12T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2015-01-08T13:37:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:37:32","slug":"april-29-1950-the-nixon-theater-the-nixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/12\/april-29-1950-the-nixon-theater-the-nixon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nixon Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/12\\\/april-29-1950-the-nixon-theater-the-nixon\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 647px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"647\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 647px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"647\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/12\/april-29-1950-the-nixon-theater-the-nixon\/attachment\/2528\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"643\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2528\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma78b3lW8P1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,873\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma78b3lW8P1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma78b3lW8P1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C646&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma78b3lW8P1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=643&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"643\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"643\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 643px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong><em>April 29, 1950:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The Nixon Theater on Sixth Avenue was arguably the city\u2019s most elegant theater. It opened in 1903, and some of the production numbers staged there were quite elaborate. The 1905 production of Ben Hur, for example, used four horse-drawn carriages. In 1950, the Nixon was sold to Alcoa. The theater was later demolished and the aluminum company constructed its headquarters at that location. The production of Brigadoon, advertised on the marquee, was staged in April of 1950.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pittsburgh Press photo)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Order this photo at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/store.post-gazette.com\/divinity-cart\/item\/P522\/Nixon-Theater\/1.html\">PG Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nixon Theater on Sixth Avenue was arguably the city\u2019s most elegant theater. <\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/12\/april-29-1950-the-nixon-theater-the-nixon\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>The Nixon Theater<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[945],"tags":[956,961,972,1166,1244,1046],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma78b3lW8P1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1080%2C873&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":139,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2014\/10\/22\/1903-the-nixon-theater-for-nearly-50-years-the\/","url_meta":{"origin":2527,"position":0},"title":"The Nixon Theater, beginning to end","date":"October 22, 2014","format":"gallery","excerpt":"For nearly 50 years, the Nixon Theater was Pittsburgh\u2019s premiere playhouse.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/tumblr_ndt61iB1xp1rr5swxo7_r1_1280.jpg?fit=915%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2530,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/12\/april-29-1950-lobby-of-the-nixon-theater-shortly\/","url_meta":{"origin":2527,"position":1},"title":"Lobby of the Nixon Theater shortly before its doors closed","date":"September 12, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Nixon Theatre: \"Memories of almost half a century slip into the shadows...\u201d","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_ma77diZHQJ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1080%2C844&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9320,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2019\/01\/18\/pittsburgh-snow-old-photos-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":2527,"position":2},"title":"Stuck cars and snow angels: Photos of past Pittsburgh snow storms","date":"January 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Pittsburghers have enjoyed an unusually\u00a0mild winter so far this year. 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