STUDIO 54 AFTER DARK- LOBBY INTERIOR IN 3-D, NEW YORK CITY NOV 26, 2006 - YouTube STUDIO 54 AFTER DARK- LOBBY INTERIOR IN 3-D, NEW YORK CITY NOV 26, 2006 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Oct 16, 2009 Footage taken of the infamous Studio 54 nightclub-theater at night, inside the main lobby area with security guard, Nov 26, 2006 IN 3-D, Please select 3-D option check (Blue/Yellow), check Swap (Right-Left) and check (Full Color), and enjoy!!! The nightclub was founded by four equal partners: Steven Rubell, Ian Schrager, Another partner, Richard DeCourcey, was present until September 1977.

Carmen D'Alessio, after working in Rome and around Europe as a fashion PR, was well known by fashion, music, and film people, and generally with the kind of celebrities from across the United States, South America, Europe, and other parts of the world who would be ideal patrons. Harden was pushed out of the project, and Rubell and Schrager gave D'Alessio much of the control for the design and promotion of the nightclub. Before the April 26, 1977 opening, D'Alessio sent out 5,000 invitations to her exclusive mailing list, together with an enticing surprise gift to each of her invitees. Liz Smith, Rex Reed, Cindy Adams, and other New York gossip columnists announced a major event. On May 21, 1977, the New York State Liquor Authority raided Studio 54 for selling liquor without a license, and closed it. The owners of the nightclub said the incident was a "misunderstanding". The next night the club reopened, but gave free fruit juice and soda instead of liquor.

Prior to the raid, the nightclub had been using one-day use "caterers' permits", which enabled the nightclub to serve alcohol but were intended for weddings or political affairs. The State had denied the daily permit for the night and raided the nightclub. The nightclub had been using these permits while waiting for its liquor license to be processed. Among the many celebrities present during opening night: Mick and Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Jerry Hall, Diana Vreeland, Halston, Pat Cleveland, Kevin Arpino, Margaux Hemingway, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Salvador Dali, Brooke Shields, Francesco Scavullo, Janice Dickinson, Martha Graham, Debbie Harry, Robin Leach, newlyweds Donald and Ivana Trump, newly engaged Rick Hilton and Kathy Richards, Billy Amato and many other well-known party-goers. Hordes scrambled to gain entry, but only a few got past the door. Some celebrities, including Warren Beatty, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Henry Winkler, Cher, and Frank Sinatra were unable to get in, in part due to Studio 54's elusive doorman Marc Benecke[10].

The nightclub held around 700 patrons who paid $8 cover to get in each night. A week after the opening, Halston asked Rubell to open the nightclub on a Monday night (May 2, 1977, when it would have been closed) for Bianca Jagger's 32nd birthday party.

Bianca entered on a white horse and the resulting publicity firmly established Studio 54 as the preferred nightclub for celebrities, including Michael Jackson, Yanique & Chantal, Rudolf Nureyev, Elton John, Truman Capote, Margaret Trudeau, John Travolta, Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Björn Borg, Gloria Swanson, Mae West, Farrah Fawcett, Telly Savalas, Salvador Dali, Olivia Newton-John, Cher, Muhammad Ali, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Lorna Luft, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Divine, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Suzanne Somers, Bette Davis, Al Pacino, the Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor, Bette Midler, Ann-Margret, Dolly Parton, Pelé, Hugh Hefner, Sophia Loren, Diane von Fürstenberg; Gloria Vanderbilt and her 10-year-old son, Anderson Cooper; John F. Kennedy Jr., Princess Grace, Prince Albert, Eartha Kitt, Vladimir Horowitz, Rev.

Sun Myung Moon, Moshe Dayan, Fred Astaire, Christie Brinkley, Grace Jones, Diana Ross, Barry Diller, Betty Ford, Divine, Arnold Schwarzenegger; and Lillian Carter, then-president Jimmy Carter's mother. Some of the world's most famous performers also performed their new songs: Donna Summer, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Grace Jones, Gloria Gaynor, Sylvester, The Village People, Cheryl Lynn, Brooklyn Dreams, James Brown, Phyllis Hyman, Amii Stewart, Chic, The Ritchie Family, Rick James, Stephanie Mills, Roberta Kelly, and Arthur Russell all sang their most famous songs during the partying. Studio 54 was operated by the flamboyant, publicly visible Rubell and his retiring silent partner Schrager. At the nightclub's prime, Rubell became widely known for hand-selecting guests from the always-huge crowds outside, mixing beautiful "nobodies" with glamorous celebrities . "Studio", as it came to be called, was notorious for the hedonism that occurred within it; the balconies were known for sexual encounters, and drug use was rampant.

Its dance floor was decorated with a depiction of a Man in the Moon that included an animated cocaine spoon. When Studio 54 re-open in 1981 to the closing April, 1986 - Saturday nights were the hot disco nights at Studio 54 with Billy Smith's A/K/A now Billy Amato "WPLJ" and "Z100" disco radio nights parties. Please visit my website. Thanks, Studio 54 - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Studio 54 Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics For the film, see 54 (film) . Studio 54 1,006 (519 Orchestra/487 Mezzanine) [3] Opened CBS Radio Playhouse No. 4 (1942) CBS Studio No.

52 (1942) Studio 54 (1977) Coordinates : 40°45′55″N 73°58′57″W﻿ / ﻿40.765266°N 73.98262°W﻿ / 40.765266; -73.98262 Studio 54 was a world-famous[citation needed] disco in the 70s and early 80s. Studio 54 originally was a New York City Broadway theater , then it became a discothèque located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan . The disco opened on April 26, 1977 and closed in March 1986 and briefly reopened in 1994 after a multi-million dollar renovation. Since 1998 it has been a venue for the Roundabout Theatre Company , with a 900-seat theatre equipped with two full-service bars.

Contents Studio 54 in April 2008 Early years The theatre originated as the Gallo Opera House by Fortune Gallo in 1927 for his San Carlo Opera Company . It opened on February 7, 1927, with the opera La bohème . It was not successful as an opera house: over the course of the next decade, it changed its name several times. It became known as the New Yorker Theatre in 1930, booking Ibsen 's play The Vikings ( The Vikings at Helgeland ), but remained unsuccessful. From 1933 to 1936 it became a dinner theatre called the Casino de Paree, managed by Billy Rose . It was then the Palladium Theatre in 1936. The Federal Theatre Project leased it for its productions and changed its name to the Federal Music Theatre in 1937. The Chicago Federal Theatre achieved success here with its production of Swing Mikado , a jazzy version of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta starring Bill Robinson . Later in 1937, the name was changed back to the New Yorker Theatre.

CBS Studio 52 This name would remain until CBS purchased the facility in 1942, renaming it Studio 52 (CBS named its studios in order of purchase and the number had nothing to do with the street). During these pre-television years, CBS would use the theater for radio broadcasts. From the 1950s to the mid-1970s, CBS used the location as a radio and TV stage that housed such shows as What's My Line? , The $64,000 Question , Password , To Tell the Truth , Beat the Clock , The Jack Benny Show , I've Got a Secret , Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour , Captain Kangaroo , and the ill-fated CBS version of the Johnny Carson Show . [4] The soap opera Love of Life was produced there until 1975. In 1976, CBS concentrated most of its New York broadcast functions around the corner to its storied Ed Sullivan Theater (CBS-TV Studio 50) or west to the CBS Broadcast Center , and sold Studio 52.

The Ed Sullivan Theater once had access to Studio 52 through an access door, which was cinder-blocked during the Theater's Late Show with David Letterman renovation. However, it is possible that the door that was covered was, in fact, leading to an MTA utility building, instead of the Sullivan Theater. [5] Nightclub era Founding When CBS began marketing the building in 1976, various interests in the art and fashion world pushed for turning it into a trendy disco, including male model Uva Harden, who tried to get gallery owner Frank Lloyd to finance the club, until Lloyd lost a $9 million lawsuit to the estate of the artist Mark Rothko , the Rothko Case . [6] Carmen D'Alessio, a Valentino public relations agent who had been throwing fashionable parties, encouraged Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager , who were operating the Enchanted Garden at 63-20 Marathon Parkway in Queens , to make the leap into Manhattan. [7] D'Alessio had "reluctantly" hosted parties outside of Manhattan at the Queens venue and had been profiled in Newsweek for doing so.

She was to introduce Rubell and Schrager to the jet-set crowd, including a pre-opening dinner with Andy Warhol , Halston , and Calvin Klein . [7] During 1977 the building was purchased and renamed for its street address, 254 West 54th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, a location already noted for another tenant in the building, famed disco recording company West End Records , as well as being the former home of Scepter Records . The nightclub was founded by four equal partners: Steven Rubell, Ian Schrager, Tim Savage, and Jack Dushey. They operated the company as Broadway Catering Corp. Another partner, Richard DeCourcey, was present until September 1977. [8] D'Alessio, after working in Rome and around Europe as a fashion PR, was well known by fashion, music, and film people, and generally with the kind of celebrities from across the United States, South America, Europe, and other parts of the world who would be ideal patrons. Harden was pushed out of the project, and Rubell and Schrager gave D'Alessio much of the control for the design and promotion of the nightclub.

Before the April 26, 1977 opening, D'Alessio sent out 5,000 invitations to her exclusive mailing list, together with an enticing surprise gift to each of her invitees. Liz Smith , Rex Reed , Cindy Adams , and other New York gossip columnists announced a major event. On May 21, 1977, the New York State Liquor Authority raided Studio 54 for selling liquor without a license, and closed it. The owners of the nightclub said the incident was a "misunderstanding". The next night the club reopened, but gave free fruit juice and soda instead of liquor. Prior to the raid, the nightclub had been using one-day use "caterers' permits", which enabled the nightclub to serve alcohol but were intended for weddings or political affairs. [9] The State had denied the daily permit for the night and raided the nightclub. The nightclub had been using these permits while waiting for its liquor license to be processed.

The scene The infamous "Man In the Moon With a Cocaine Spoon" at the original Studio 54 A week after the opening, Halston asked Rubell to open the nightclub on a Monday night (May 2, 1977, when it would have been closed) for Bianca Jagger 's 32nd birthday party.

Bianca entered on a white horse and the resulting publicity firmly established Studio 54 as the preferred nightclub for celebrities, including Michael Jackson ,Yanique & Chantal, Rudolf Nureyev , Elton John , Truman Capote , Margaret Trudeau , John Travolta , Jackie Onassis , Elizabeth Taylor , Björn Borg , Gloria Swanson , Mae West , Farrah Fawcett , Telly Savalas , Salvador Dali , Olivia Newton-John , Cher , Muhammad Ali , Sylvester Stallone , Chuck Berry , Keith Richards , Lorna Luft , John Lennon and Yoko Ono , Divine , Rod Stewart , Alice Cooper , Suzanne Somers , Bette Davis , Al Pacino , the Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor , Bette Midler , Ann-Margret , Dolly Parton , Pelé , Hugh Hefner , Sophia Loren , Diane von Fürstenberg ; Gloria Vanderbilt and her 10-year-old son, Anderson Cooper ; John F. Kennedy Jr. , Princess Grace , Prince Albert , Eartha Kitt , Vladimir Horowitz , Rev.

Sun Myung Moon , Moshe Dayan , Fred Astaire , Christie Brinkley , Grace Jones , Diana Ross , Barry Diller , Betty Ford , Divine , Arnold Schwarzenegger ; and Lillian Carter , then-president Jimmy Carter 's mother. Some of the world's most famous performers also performed their new songs: Donna Summer , Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band , Grace Jones , Gloria Gaynor , Sylvester , The Village People , Cheryl Lynn , Brooklyn Dreams , James Brown , Phyllis Hyman , Amii Stewart , Chic , The Ritchie Family , Rick James , Stephanie Mills , Roberta Kelly , and Arthur Russell all sang their most famous songs during the partying. Studio 54 was operated by the flamboyant, publicly visible Rubell and his retiring silent partner Schrager. At the nightclub's prime, Rubell became widely known for hand-selecting guests from the always-huge crowds outside, mixing beautiful "nobodies" with glamorous celebrities in the same venue. London author/journalist Keith Barker-Main recalls his first time at 54. Then still underage, he nervously stood outside at the back of the crowd feigning a lack of interest.

His black cut-away T-shirt caught Rubell's eye. Bearing the logo "Fuck Studio 54!" it earned him a life-time free membership from the owner, impressed by such chutzpah . "Studio", as it came to be called, was notorious for the hedonism that occurred within it; the balconies were known for sexual encounters , and drug use was rampant. Its dance floor was decorated with a depiction of a Man in the Moon that included an animated cocaine spoon . Michael Fesco presented "Sundays at the Studio", which catered to a homosexual clientèle. When Studio 54 re-open in 1981 to the closing April, 1986 - Saturday nights were the hot disco nights at Studio 54 with Billy Smith's A/K/A Billy Amato "WPLJ" and "Z100" disco radio nights parties. Event planner Robert Isabell had four tons of glitter dumped in a four-inch layer on the floor of Studio 54 for a New Year's Eve party, which owner Ian Schrager described as like "standing on stardust" and left glitter that could be found months later in their clothing and homes.

[11] End of the first era During December 1978 Rubell was quoted in the New York newspapers as saying the Studio had made $7 million in its first year and that "only the Mafia made more money." Shortly thereafter the nightclub was raided and Rubell and Schrager were arrested for skimming $2.5 million. After the arrests Rubell accused Jimmy Carter 's White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan of snorting cocaine in the basement. [12] A grand jury met 19 times and interviewed 33 witnesses before concluding that Rubell's testimony was hearsay and not reliable enough to file charges. The nightclub closed with one final party called "The End of Modern-day Gomorrah ", on February 4, 1980. Diana Ross , Ryan O'Neal , Mariel Hemingway , Jocelyne Wildenstein , Richard Gere , Gia Carangi , Jack Nicholson , Reggie Jackson , and Sylvester Stallone (who, as rumor has it, bought the last drink) were among the guests that night. New York lawyer Gary P. Naftalis represented Schrager successfully in the ensuing tax-evasion prosecution.

After the nightclub's closing, cocaine and money were found in its walls. Schrager and Rubell were found guilty and would spend 13 months in prison. 1980s During 1981, the building was sold by JISA Associates, of which Steven Rubell was a principal, to Philip Pilevsky for $2.2 million. [13] Pilevsky in turn leased it to Mark Fleischman and Stanley Tate, and Studio 54 reopened on September 12, 1981. That night's guest list consisted of Andy Warhol , Calvin Klein , Cary Grant , Lauren Hutton , Gloria Vanderbilt , Mark Gastineau , Gina Lollobrigida , and Brooke Shields (who was currently on the cover of the September issue of Vogue as well as starring in Klein's infamous jeans commercials), brought back a sense of glamour to the nightclub. Celebrities continued to pack the nightclub (witnesses on various nights ca.

1983-84 reported Janet Jackson , Demi Moore , Jennifer Grey , Tom Cruise , David Alan Grier , Vanity , Jermaine Jackson , Freddie Mercury , Boy George , Whitney Houston , and Leif Garrett in the club[citation needed]), though the level of sensationalism was toned down from the club's early years. Madonna , Wham! , Duran Duran , Culture Club , Menudo , and Run-DMC performed onstage before becoming famous. During 1985, heavy metal groups Slayer , Venom and Exodus filmed a video at Studio 54 called "Ultimate Revenge for Disco". This second version of Studio 54 was closed in April 1986 because the insurance policy was cancelled. There was no closing night party. The Ritz and Cabaret Royale From 1989 until early 1993, the nightclub's lease was owned by CAT Entertainment Corp (contrary to claims by a man named John Neilson, a sometime employee of Brian A Travis, the major shareholder in CAT Entertainment) and known as The Ritz . During that period, the nightclub hosted occasional rock concerts and was otherwise used by CAT Entertainment as a public venue available for rent.

In 1993, CAT Entertainment was acquired by Cabaret Royale Corporation, a nightclub operator based in Dallas. CAT Entertainment completed a renovation of the nightclub earlier abandoned because of a lack of funds, and resurrected both the nightclub and the Studio 54 trademark, which had never been properly registered by any of the prior owners or operators. [14] . The newly remodelled nightclub was operated as "Cabaret Royale at Studio 54" by CAT Entertainment until early 1995. The Pilevsky interests which owned the theater itself and the adjacent office building had several years earlier granted a mortgage on the properties to the Bank of Tokyo and, in an effort to resolve a large unpaid indebtedness of Pilevsky to the bank and to forestall foreclosure, a trustee had been appointed by Pilevsky and the bank and granted the right to sell those and numerous other properties owned by Pilevsky. During late 1994, Allied Partners acquired the Studio 54 properties and, after protracted litigation, CAT Entertainment lost its lease on the nightclub and ceased operations. Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 During 1994 Allied Partners bought the building for $5.5 million.

They restored much of the architectural detail that had been painted black or covered with plywood by Schrager and Rubell. The nightclub reopened with a live concert by disco stars Gloria Gaynor , Vicki Sue Robinson , and Sister Sledge . The building again went into bankruptcy in 1996 and Allied announced plans to demolish it and replace it with Cyberdrome, a virtual reality gaming venue. However the project was not to happen. During 1998, the collapse of a construction hoist blocked access to the Henry Miller Theatre on 43rd Street, where the successful revival of the Broadway musical Cabaret was playing. To keep the show accessible, the Roundabout Theater Company agreed to move the performance to Studio 54. Brooke Shields , who had been to Studio 54 many times, would eventually star as Sally in the Studio 54 production. Roundabout later bought the building in 2003 from Allied for $22.5 million [15] , and Cabaret played until 2004.

Notable productions Newsical Other tenants The building, which is still frequently referred to as the Studio 54 building, houses a variety of tenants, among them a theater venue, offices, and an educational facility called Mandl School, the College of Allied Health. Franchises Studio 54 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas Studio 54, Antwerp, Belgium In Antwerp Studio 54 is a successful event taking place in gay discothèque Red & Blue every first Sunday of the month. Keeping the spirit of the original Studio 54 in mind, the party is all about excess, disco and glamour. Every evening brings great disco music, drag queen entertainment and a performance by an international disco artist ( Gloria Gaynor , Sister Sledge , Luv' , Boney M. ). Every Studio 54 has a different theme, guests are encouraged to dress up to the theme. The event also holds a strict dress code. Every September Studio 54 moves to the Antwerp Sports Palace to host its yearly biggest disco party in the world.

Studio 54, Las Vegas Main article: Studio 54 (Las Vegas) The logo for Studio 54, Las Vegas After the New York club closed down in 1995, Studio 54 moved to Las Vegas , in the MGM Grand . Studio 54, Berlin In January 2005, MGM announced that they were scouting for the proper location in Berlin, Germany to open Studio 54 Berlin. The project was led by Joseph Jackson , the father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson . [16] Only three months after its opening in May 2006 the club had to be closed because of insolvency. Studio 54, León & Oviedo In Spain, two locals carry the same name as the NY's discothèque. In Valencia, There is a discothèque called Deseo 54 ('54 Desire'), using the same logo. Studio 54, Coventry Coventry University Students' Union on Cox Street goes by the name of Studio 54, which is commonly abbreviated in advertising and branding, and also known locally in roman numerals as 'LIV'.

Studio 54, Prague Located at Hybernská 38, Prague 1 in the Czech Republic , Studio 54 is considered the largest afterparty venue in city, opening its doors at around 4.00am and closing at around 3.00pm on Saturdays and Sundays. The crowd is often a mix of late-night party goers and bar staff from other venues. Studio 54 was originally located in the neighbouring Karlín, but moved to its current location in 2001. Cultural impact During its heyday, the club played a formative role in the growth of disco music and nightclub culture in general. A compilation album of disco music, A Night at Studio 54 , was released by Casablanca Records in 1979. It peaked at #21. The disco was depicted in the 1998 film 54 and was the model for the club featured in the movie, The Last Days of Disco . It was parodied in the 2002 movie Austin Powers in Goldmember as Studio 69 .

On the season seven (1981-1982 season) of Saturday Night Live hosted by George Kennedy (with musical guest Miles Davis ), there is a musical sketch called "53 at Studio 54", about an old man who goes to the famous discothèque. In an episode of Sex and the City , Studio 54 is mentioned when Carrie Bradshaw is discussing Aleksander Petrovsky's past loves. In an earlier episode, Samantha Jones 's 25-year-old personal assistant makes a dig about Samantha's age, when she remarks "I also stood in line to get into Studio 54 - the movie!!" In an episode of Ugly Betty , Studio 54 is mentioned when Amanda is asking Wilhemina for information about her father. In Don't Forget the Lyrics! , Wayne Brady told Kevin Cronin to imagine he was at Studio 54 and sing " Last Dance ". The beginning of the movie Watchmen shows Ozymandias standing outside of Studio 54, with David Bowie , Mick Jagger , and the Village People greeting him in the background. [1] The Welsh band Stereophonics song Vegas Two Times mentions the Las Vegas Studio 54.

In King of the Hill the episode 'Strangeness on a Train', it mentions a Studio 54 as a train mystery theme. An incident surrounding Rick James and Charlie Murphy ( Eddie Murphy 's brother) in a Chappelle's Show sketch, which spawned the " I'm Rick James, bitch " catchphrase, takes places in Studio 54. A line in the Chic song Le Freak mentions "just come on down to 54", a reference to its days as an iconic disco dancing venue. Ironically members of the group were refused admission to Studio 54 on New Year's Eve 1978-9, despite their music being played there, returned to guitarist Nile Rodgers' apartment where they jammed and wrote Le Freak in a few hours. Because of the evenings events, the original lyric was "Ahhhhhhhh, Fuck Off!" Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright references Studio 54 in 'Gay Messiah', a song from his album ' Want Two '. In the cartoon The Venture Brothers episode ORB Pete White refers to Studio 54 as "The house that coke built.".

In the TV show Warehouse 13 the disco ball from Studio 54 is located inside the warehouse, causing one of the main characters to become trapped inside Lewis Carroll's mirror. In the movie, Gia , starring Angelina Jolie. This movie depicts the life and times of Gia Marie Carangi and they show her going to Studio 54. DJs during the nightclub era Culture and Arts | MadSubCulture | Page 14 0 Studio 54 was a world-famous disco in the 70s and early 80s, was originally a New York City Broadway theatre, then a CBS radio and television studio. In the 1970s it became a discothèque located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan. The disco opened on April 26, 1977.

Among the many celebrities present during opening night: Mick and Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Jerry Hall, Diana Vreeland, Halston, Pat Cleveland, Kevin Arpino, Margaux Hemingway, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Salvador Dali, Brooke Shields, Francesco Scavullo, Janice Dickinson, Cher, Martha Graham, Debbie Harry, Robin Leach, Billy Amato-Smith, newlyweds Donald and Ivana Trump, newly engaged Rick Hilton and Kathy Richards, and many other well-known party-goers. Hordes scrambled to gain entry, but only a few got past the door. Some celebrities, including Warren Beatty, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Henry Winkler, and Frank Sinatra were unable to get in, in part due to Studio 54’s elusive doormanMarc Benecke. The nightclub held around 700 patrons who paid $8 cover to get in each night. A week after the opening, Halston asked Rubell to open the nightclub on a Monday night (May 2, 1977, when it would have been closed) for Bianca Jagger’s 32nd birthday party.

Bianca entered on a white horse and the resulting publicity firmly established Studio 54 as the preferred nightclub for celebrities, including Michael Jackson, Elton John, Truman Capote, Margaret Trudeau, John Travolta, Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Mae West, Farrah Fawcett, Telly Savalas,Salvador Dali, Cher, Muhammad Ali,John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Divine, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Suzanne Somers, Bette Davis, Al Pacino, Giorgio Moroder, Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor, Bette Midler, Ann-Margret, Dolly Parton, Pelé, Hugh Hefner, John F. Kennedy Jr., Fred Astaire, Grace Jones, Diana Ross, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver; and Lillian Carter, then-president Jimmy Carter’s mother. “Studio”, as it came to be called, was notorious for the hedonism that occurred within it; the balconies were known for sexual encounters, and drug use was rampant. Its dance floor was decorated with a depiction of a Man in the Moon that included an animated cocaine spoon.

In the late 1970s, the club was arguably the most well known nightclub in the world. The club played a major formative role in the growth of disco music and nightclub culture in general. 1986. 0 New York Times weekend magazine introduces him as the “publishing phenomenon” behind the magazines Fanzine137 and Electric Youth and the latest Candy, introduced in November 2009 as the first fashion magazine ever completely dedicated to transvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny. Venegas was born in 1979, in Vitoria, Spain, soon moving with his family to Barcelona were he graduates in fashion design. Works with Thierry Mugler, Sybilla, Loewe and Carolina Herrera. Growing closer and closer to art, photography and writing, collaborates in various ways with Acne Paper, Butt, Dazed & Confused and El País, and assumes art direction of the Spanish edition of Marie Claire (2002).

In 2004 Luis Venegas introduces Fanzine137 – a short run, hard to find, indie publication – which proved his editorial skills, populating it in breath taking pace with a courtship of famous artists, unrevealed names, mythical 20th century oeuvres alongside with forgotten ones. A cult object. Teaches Contemporary Culture in Madrid since 2005. Vimeo: By Luis Venegas: The exhibition Luis Venegas Greatest Hits will be at Rua Frederico Arouca 404 from the 3rd to the 11th of July, from 01:00 PM to 09:00 PM. 0 Since last wednesday, 30th of June, and tomorrow, 4th of July, the first edition of the Estoril FashionArt Festival – a joint organization amongst ModaLisboa Association, Cascais City Council and Estoril Tourism – will be held along several spaces of the Estoril-Cascais axis and will roam through the multiple visions born from the merging of Fashion with the Creative Industries unequivocally associated to it.

With its transmission secured along twenty happenings, the Festival incorporates exhibitions, fashion shows and debates with names carefully summoned from the ranks of Fashion, Photography, Publishing, Cinema, Video Art, Public Art and Food Design. Every Festival’s edition will have the participation of a guest country and the contribution of its creative universe. In this prime edition Spain is a natural choice for its geographical, commercial and affective relation but it also rises as an urgent need to schedule Portugal and Spain’s agenda with the cultural and artistic exchange between both countries. 30th of June to 4th of July / Estoril-Cascais More info at 0 Often referred to as one of the greatest rock records ever made, Exile on Main St. is a staple in any music lover’s collection. The stories & myths behind the creation of this album in the dungeon of a basement at Villa Nellcôte in the south of France are part of Rock N’ Roll folklore, and are captured beautifully in Dominique Tarlé’s black & white pictures, the photographs enhance the already electrifying experience.

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They began to realise that they wanted to react with the city’s shapes and aesthetic, to make work that highlighted areas that would normally go overlooked, and some people didn’t see traditional graffiti as something that achieved that. Altering their work to stop it being strictly defined as graffiti has allowed the collective to install on and off the street in institutes, museums and galleries. This evolution allows them to be seen legitimately by a broad spectrum of people, and their skill in adapting to different environments and situations, means the work they produce all has one common goal – to make an urban space visually more appealing. The idea of “the city belonging to the people, and art being for everyone” is at the centre of what the collective do and they describe their paste-ups as being for “everybody that’s interested, open-minded and willing to open their eyes”. Map of Studio 54 - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki Wikipedia article: Map showing all locations mentioned on Wikipedia article: Studio 54 was a world-famous disco in the 70s and early 80s. Studio 54 originally was a New York City Broadway theater , then it became a discothèque located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan .

The disco opened on April 26, 1977 and closed in March 1986 and briefly reopened in 1994 after a multi-million dollar renovation. Since 1998 it has been a venue for the Roundabout Theatre Company , with a 900-seat theatre equipped with two full-service bars. History Studio 54 in April 2008 Early years The theatre originated as the Gallo Opera House by Fortune Gallo in 1927 for his San Carlo Opera Company . It opened on February 7, 1927 with the opera La bohème . It was not successful as an opera house; over the course of the next decade, it changed its name several times. It became known as the New Yorker Theatre in 1930, booking Ibsen 's play The Vikings, but remained unsuccessful. From 1933 to 1936 it became a dinner theatre called the Casino de Paree, managed by Billy Rose . It was then the Palladium Theatre in 1936. The Federal Theatre Project leased it for its productions and changed its name to the Federal Music Theatre in 1937.

The Chicago Federal Theatre achieved success here with its production of Swing Mikado , a jazzy version of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta starring Bill Robinson . Later in 1937, the name was changed back to the New Yorker Theatre. CBS Studio 52 This name would remain until CBS purchased the facility in 1942, renaming it Studio 52 (CBS named its studios in order of purchase and the number had nothing to do with the street). During these pre-television years, CBS would use the theater for radio broadcasts. From the 1950s to the mid-1970s, CBS used the location as a radio and TV stage that housed such shows as What's My Line? , The $64,000 Question , Password , To Tell the Truth , Beat the Clock , The Jack Benny Show , I've Got a Secret , Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour , Captain Kangaroo , and the ill-fated CBS version of the Johnny Carson Show . The soap opera Love of Life was produced there until 1975.

In 1976, CBS concentrated most of its New York broadcast functions around the corner to its storied Ed Sullivan Theater (CBS-TV Studio 50) or west to the CBS Broadcast Center , and sold Studio 52. The Ed Sullivan Theater once had access to Studio 52 through an access door which was cinder-blocked during the Theater's Late Show with David Letterman renovation. However, it is possible that the door that was covered was, in fact, leading to an MTA utility building, instead of the Sullivan Theater. Nightclub era Founding When CBS began marketing the building in 1976, various interests in the art and fashion world pushed for turning it into a trendy disco, including male model Uva Harden , who tried to get gallery owner Frank Lloyd to finance the club, until Lloyd lost a $9 million lawsuit to the estate of the artist Mark Rothko , the Rothko Case . Carmen D'Alessio , a Valentino public relations agent who had been throwing fashionable parties, encouraged Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager , who were operating the Enchanted Garden at 63-20 Marathon Parkway in Queens , to make the leap into Manhattan.

D'Alessio had "reluctantly" hosted parties outside of Manhattan at the Queens venue and had been profiled in Newsweek for doing so. She was to introduce Rubell and Schrager to the jet-set crowd including a pre-opening dinner with Andy Warhol , Halston , and Calvin Klein . During 1977 the building was purchased and renamed for its street address, 254 West 54th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, a location already noted for another tenant in the building, famed disco recording company West End Records , as well as being the former home of Scepter Records . The nightclub was founded by four equal partners: Steven Rubell, Ian Schrager, Tim Savage and Jack Dushey. They operated the company as Broadway Catering Corp. Another partner, Richard DeCourcey, was present until September 1977. D'Alessio, after working in Rome and around Europe as a fashion PR, was well known by fashion, music, and film people, and generally with the kind of celebrities from across the United States, South America, Europe, and other parts of the world who would be ideal patrons.

Harden was pushed out of the project, and Rubell and Schrager gave D'Alessio much of the control for the design and promotion of the nightclub. Before the April 26, 1977 opening, D'Alessio sent out 5,000 invitations to her exclusive mailing list together with an enticing surprise gift to each of her invitees. Liz Smith , Rex Reed , Cindy Adams , and other New York gossip columnists announced a major event. On May 21, 1977, the New York State Liquor Authority raided Studio 54 for selling liquor without a license, and closed it. The owners of the nightclub said the incident was a "misunderstanding". The next night the club reopened, but gave free fruit juice and soda instead of liquor. Prior to the raid, the nightclub had been using one-day use "caterers' permits", which enabled the nightclub to serve alcohol but were intended for weddings or political affairs. The State had denied the daily permit for the night and raided the nightclub. The nightclub had been using these permits while waiting for its liquor license to be processed.

The scene The infamous "Man In the Moon With a Cocaine Spoon" at the original Studio 54 A week after the opening, Halston asked Rubell to open the nightclub on a Monday night (May 2, 1977, when it would have been closed) for Bianca Jagger 's 27th birthday party.

Bianca entered on a white horse and the resulting publicity firmly established Studio 54 as the preferred nightclub for celebrities, including Michael Jackson , Rudolf Nureyev , Elton John , Truman Capote , Margaret Trudeau , John Travolta , Jackie Onassis , Elizabeth Taylor , Björn Borg , Gloria Swanson , Mae West , Farrah Fawcett , Telly Savalas , Salvador Dali , Olivia Newton-John , Cher , Muhammad Ali , Sylvester Stallone , Chuck Berry , Keith Richards , Lorna Luft , John Lennon and Yoko Ono , Divine , Rod Stewart , Alice Cooper , Suzanne Somers , Bette Davis , Al Pacino , Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor , Bette Midler , Ann-Margret , Dolly Parton , Pelé , Hugh Hefner , Sophia Loren , Diane von Fürstenberg , Gloria Vanderbilt took her 10 year old son Anderson Cooper , John F. Kennedy Jr. , Princess Grace , Prince Albert , Eartha Kitt , Vladimir Horowitz , Rev.

Sun Myung Moon , Moshe Dayan , Fred Astaire , Christie Brinkley , Grace Jones , Diana Ross , Barry Diller , Betty Ford , Rudolf Nureyev , Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lillian Carter , then-president Jimmy Carter 's mother. Some of the world's most famous performers also performed their new songs: Donna Summer , Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band , Grace Jones , Gloria Gaynor , Sylvester , The Village People , Cheryl Lynn , Brooklyn Dreams , James Brown , Phyllis Hyman , Amii Stewart , Chic , The Ritchie Family , Rick James , Stephanie Mills , Roberta Kelly , and Arthur Russell all sang their most famous songs during the partying. Studio 54 was operated by the flamboyant, publicly visible Rubell and his retiring silent partner Schrager. At the nightclub's prime, Rubell became widely known for hand-selecting guests from the always huge crowds outside, mixing beautiful "nobodies" with glamorous celebrities in the same venue. London author/journalist Keith Barker-Main recalls his first time at 54. Then still under age, he nervously stood outside at the back of the crowd feigning a lack of interest.

His black cut-away T-shirt caught Rubell's eye. Bearing the logo "Fuck Studio 54!" it earned him a life-time free membership from the owner, impressed by such chutzpah . "Studio", as it came to be called, was notorious for the hedonism that occurred within it; the balconies were known for sexual encounters , and drug use was rampant. Its dance floor was decorated with a depiction of a Man in the Moon that included an animated cocaine spoon . John Blair and Jason presented "Sundays at Studio 54", which catered to a homosexual clientèle. Event planner Robert Isabell had four tons of glitter dumped in a four-inch layer on the floor of Studio 54 for a New Year's Eve party, which owner Ian Schrager described as like "standing on stardust" and left glitter that could be found months later in their clothing and homes.

End of the first era During December 1978 Rubell was quoted in the New York newspapers as saying the Studio had made $7 million in its first year and that "only the Mafia made more money." Shortly thereafter the nightclub was raided and Rubell and Schrager were arrested for skimming $2.5 million. After the arrests Rubell accused Jimmy Carter 's White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan of snorting cocaine in the basement.A grand jury met 19 times and interviewed 33 witnesses before concluding that Rubell's testimony was hearsay and not reliable enough to file charges. The nightclub closed with one final party called "The End of Modern-day Gomorrah ", on February 4, 1980. Diana Ross , Ryan O'Neal , Mariel Hemingway , Jocelyne Wildenstein , Richard Gere , Gia Carangi , Jack Nicholson , Reggie Jackson , and Sylvester Stallone (who, as rumor has it, bought the last drink) were among the guests that night. New York lawyer Gary Naftalis represented Schrager successfully in the ensuing tax-evasion prosecution. After the nightclub's closing, cocaine and money were found in its walls.

Schrager and Rubell were found guilty and would spend 13 months in prison. 1980s During 1981, the building was sold by JISA Associates, of which Steven Rubell was a principal, to Philip Pilevsky for $2.2 million. Pilevsky in turn leased it to Mark Fleischman and Stanley Tate, and Studio 54 reopened on September 12, 1981. That night's guest list consisted of Andy Warhol , Calvin Klein , Cary Grant , Lauren Hutton , Gloria Vanderbilt , Mark Gastineau , Gina Lollobrigida , and Brooke Shields (who was currently on the cover of the September issue of Vogue as well as starring in Klein's infamous jeans commercials), brought back a sense of glamour to the nightclub. Celebrities continued to pack the nightclub (witnesses on various nights ca. 1983-84 reported Janet Jackson , Demi Moore , Jennifer Grey , Tom Cruise , David Alan Grier , Vanity , Drew Barrymore , Jermaine Jackson , Freddie Mercury , Boy George , Whitney Houston , and Leif Garrett in the club), though the level of sensationalism was toned down from the club's early years.

Madonna , Wham! , Duran Duran , Culture Club , and Run-DMC performed onstage before becoming famous. During 1985, heavy metal groups Slayer , Venom and Exodus filmed a video at Studio 54 called "Ultimate Revenge for Disco". This second version closed during March 1986 due to an expired lease. The Ritz and Cabaret Royale From 1989 until early 1993, the nightclub's lease was owned by CAT Entertainment Corp (contrary to claims by a man named John Neilson, a sometime employee of Brian A Travis, the major shareholder in CAT Entertainment) and known as The Ritz . During that period, the nightclub hosted occasional rock concerts and was otherwise used by CAT Entertainment as a public venue available for rent. In 1993, CAT Entertainment was acquired by Cabaret Royale Corporation, a nightclub operator based in Dallas. CAT Entertainment completed a renovation of the nightclub earlier abandoned because of a lack of funds, and resurrected both the nightclub and the Studio 54 trademark, which had never been properly registered by any of the prior owners or operators..

The newly remodeled nightclub was operated as "Cabaret Royale at Studio 54" by CAT Entertainment until early 1995. The Pilevsky interests which owned the theater itself and the adjacent office building had several years earlier granted a mortgage on the properties to the Bank of Tokyo and, in an effort to resolve a large unpaid indebtedness of Pilevsky to the bank and to forestall foreclosure, a trustee had been appointed by Pilevsky and the bank and granted the right to sell those and numerous other properties owned by Pilevsky. During late 1994, Allied Partners acquired the Studio 54 properties and, after protracted litigation, CAT Entertainment lost its lease on the nightclub and ceased operations. Roundabout Theater at Studio 54 During 1994 Allied Partners bought the building for $5.5 million. They restored much of the architectural detail that had been painted black or covered with plywood by Schrager and Rubell. The nightclub reopened with a live concert by disco stars Gloria Gaynor , Vicki Sue Robinson , and Sister Sledge .

The building again went into bankruptcy in 1996 and Allied announced plans to demolish it and replace it with Cyberdrome, a virtual reality gaming venue. However the project was not to happen. During 1998, the collapse of a construction hoist blocked access to the Henry Miller Theatre on 43rd Street, where the successful revival of the Broadway musical Cabaret was playing. To keep the show accessible, the Roundabout Theater Company agreed to move the performance to Studio 54. Brooke Shields , who had been to Studio 54 many times, would eventually star as Sally in the Studio 54 production. Roundabout later bought the building in 2003 from Allied for $22.5 million , and Cabaret played until 2004. Notable productions Newsical Other tenants The building, which is still frequently referred to as the Studio 54 building, houses a variety of tenants, among them a theater venue, offices, and an educational facility called Mandl School , the College of Allied Health .

Franchises Studio 54 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas Studio 54, Antwerp, Belgium In Antwerp Studio 54 is a successful event taking place in gay discothèque Red & Blue every first Sunday of the month. Keeping the spirit of the original Studio 54 in mind, the party is all about excess, disco and glamour. Every evening brings great disco music, drag queen entertainment and a performance by an international disco artist ( Gloria Gaynor , Sister Sledge , Luv' , Boney M. ). Every Studio 54 has a different theme, guests are encouraged to dress up to the theme. The event also holds a strict dress code. Every September Studio 54 moves to the Antwerp Sports Palace to host its yearly biggest disco party in the world. Studio 54, Las Vegas The logo for Studio 54, Las Vegas The logo for Studio 54, Las Vegas After the New York club closed down in 1995, Studio 54 moved to Las Vegas . Studio 54, Berlin In January 2005, MGM announced that they were scouting for the proper location in Berlin, Germany to open Studio 54 Berlin.

The project was led by Joseph Jackson , the father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson . Only three months after its opening in May 2006 the club had to be closed again because of insolvency. The plans for a second continuously-operating Studio 54 has caused fans of the original to charge that MGM is only interested in the commercialization and franchising of the Studio 54 name, and that these clubs will be nothing more than regular discothèques with the Studio 54 name. Studio 54, León & Oviedo In Spain, two locals carry the same name as the NY's discothèque.In Valencia, There is a discothèque called Deseo 54 ('54 Desire'), using the same logo. Studio 54, Coventry Coventry University Students' Union on Cox Street goes by the name of Studio 54, which is commonly abbreviated in advertising and branding, and also known locally in roman numerals as 'LIV'. Studio 54, Prague 1 in the Czech Republic , Studio 54 is considered the largest afterparty venue in city, opening its doors at around 4.00am and closing at around 3.00pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

The crowd is often a mix of late-night party goers and bar staff from other venues. Studio 54 was originally located in the neighbouring Karlín, but moved to its current location in 2001. Cultural impact During its heyday, the club played a formative role in the growth of disco music and nightclub culture in general. A compilation album of disco music, A Night at Studio 54 , was released by Casablanca Records in 1979. It peaked at #21. The disco was depicted in the 1998 film 54 and was the model for the club featured in the movie, The Last Days of Disco . It was parodied in the 2002 movie Austin Powers in Goldmember as Studio 69 . On the season seven (1981-1982 season) of Saturday Night Live hosted by George Kennedy (with musical guest Miles Davis ), there is a musical sketch called "53 at Studio 54", about an old man who goes to the famous discothèque. In an episode of Sex and the City , Studio 54 is mentioned when Carrie Bradshaw is discussing Aleksander Petrovsky's past loves.

In an earlier episode, Samantha Jones 's 25-year-old personal assistant makes a dig about Samantha's age, when she remarks "I also stood in line to get into Studio 54 - the movie!!" In an episode of Ugly Betty , Studio 54 is mentioned when Amanda is asking Wilhemina for information about her father. In Don't Forget the Lyrics! , Wayne Brady told Kevin Cronin to imagine he was at Studio 54 and sing " Last Dance ". The beginning of the movie Watchmen shows Ozymandias standing outside of Studio 54, with David Bowie , Mick Jagger , and the Village People greeting him in the background. [70210] The Welsh band Stereophonics song Vegas Two Times mentions the Las Vegas Studio 54. In King of the Hill the episode 'Strangeness on a Train', it mentions a Studio 54 as a train mystery theme. An incident surrounding Rick James and Charlie Murphy ( Eddie Murphy 's brother) in a Chappelle's Show sketch, which spawned the " I'm Rick James, bitch " catchphrase, takes places in Studio 54.

A line in the Chic song Le Freak mentions "just come on down to the 54", a reference to its days as an iconic disco dancing venue. Ironically members of the group were refused admission to Studio 54 on New Year's Eve 1978-9, despite their music being played there, returned to guitarist Nile Rodgers' apartment where they jammed and wrote Le Freak in a few hours. Because of the evenings events, the original lyric was "Ahhhhhhhh, Fuck Off!" Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright references Studio 54 in 'Gay Messiah', a song from his album ' Want Two '. In the cartoon The Venture Brothers episode ORB Pete White refers to Studio 54 as "The house that coke built.". In the TV show Warehouse 13 the disco ball from Studio 54 is located inside the warehouse, causing one of the main characters to become trapped inside Lewis Carroll's mirror. DJs during the nightclub era

Question: Who entered Studio 54 in New York City in 1977 for her 32nd birthday party on a white horse, resulting in publicity that established it as the preferred nightclub for celebrities?
Answer: Bianca Jagger