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What really happened at the worlds most famous nightclub, studio 54. Studio 54 owner looks back at partying with rick james and others in new book. What happened at studio 54 is still an embarrassment for. Studio 54 founder pens book about clubs dark side page six. Studio 54 owner to release 40th anniversary book with.

While new york citys late70s nightlife scene has been well immortalized, there are still photos from the era and its glitzy haunts studio 54, xenon, the mudd club, and hurrah, among them that capture your imagination. The next night the club reopened, serving fruit juice and soda instead of liquor. Inside studio 54 takes you behind the velvet rope, and into. Donald trump was boring at the wild parties at studio 54 in new york city during the 1970s and 1980s, the club s former owner revealed on saturday. The legendary nightclub studio 54 enjoys a history like no other new york city hotspot. Over the last century it has been an opera house, a television station and, of course, the most infamous broadway nightclub in the world. Previous page studio 54 film brings new yorks worldfamous nightclub back to life. Although studio 54 is central to the book, it is also about the nightlife of new york in the 1970s and 1980s generally. When studio 54 opened, pittman was working as an editorial photographer for publications like w magazine and the new york times. At the time, only the beautiful and famous were allowed entry into this exclusive world of postsummer of love hedonism but a new book, inside studio 54, written by the club s former owner, mark fleischman has lifted the velvet rope on this bygone era of excess.

Ian schrager painted a glossy picture of studio 54, but this is the real story. Studio 54, disco, and the culture of the night kindle edition by anthony hadenguest. What happened at studio 54 is still an embarrassment for co. While ian schrager the studio 54 cofounderturnedhighend hotelier plans a rizzoli coffeetable book on his iconic disco, another of the club s owners has written a behindthescenes. Ive never read any books about disco or studio 54 beforeand after reading.

To say that studio 54 was the place to be, may in fact be the understatement of the last four decades. Starting in 1977 with the opening of studio 54, new york city entered its nightclub golden age. Its sheer energy, glamour, and wild creativity, will likely never come again. Luckily for us, a handful of photographers captured the scene at studio 54 s height in the 1970s. Fleischman is publishing a new book, inside studio 54 which will lay bare all the scandalous stories of the club s history. A drag queen queuing outside the studio 54 disco in new york city in 1979. See rare photos inside studio 54 nightclub photographer gene spatz captured celebrities including john lennon, michael jackson, mick jagger at the iconic new york city 1970s nightclub. A look back at the epicenter of nyc nightlife, presented by getty images. Trump was boring at infamously wild studio 54 parties. Coowner ian schrager looks back at the most exclusiveand debauchedclub. Studio 54 is a former nightclub and currently a broadway theatre, located at 254 west 54th. Studio 54 will open in theaters on october 5 in new york and. Exploring the legacy of new yorks iconic studio 54. It peaked just about a decade after the summer of love how far the baby boomers had come since their antimaterialist, hippie days.

Ian schrager, the former coowner of studio 54, collects photographs and stories from the nightclub s heyday in the late 1970s and 80s in this glitzy, celebrityfilled coffeetable book that will fill any giftee with awe and nostalgia. See rare photos inside studio 54 nightclub rolling stone. To celebrate the nightclub s 40th anniversary this year, cofounder ian schrager looks back to the studio s history with a new coffee table book, out now, and an upcoming documentary to be released at the end of the year. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the last party. Inside the debauchery, and the people, who made the decade one to remember. There has never beenand will never beanother nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was studio 54. A new book celebrates the sex, drugs, and disco at studio 54. Club founders ian schrager and rubell were sent to jail in 1980.

Now, in the first official book on the legendary club, coowner ian schrager presents a. The other book, called inside studio 54, is true to its title, taking us. Studio 54 closes its door the famous club, where andy warhol and bianca jagger hung out, had its share of troubles. In 1977 steve rubell and ian shrager bought a disused theatre on 254 w. The nightclub s wild parties, like this one on new. On the timeline of new york nightlife, the heyday of studio 54 barely. Studio 54 film brings new yorks worldfamous nightclub. On april 16, 1977, crowds of hip revelers cheered as nightclub studio 54 first opened its doors at a building on 54th street in new york city. Amazing photos from studio 54, xenon, the mudd club and. Liza minnelli, bianca jagger, andy warhol, and halston at studio 54. On finding studio 54 s books, it was discovered that a skim was in operation on up to 80% of the profits. Remembering studio 54, new yorks ultimate nightclub. Now, in the first official book on the legendary club, coowner ian schrager presents a spectacular volume brimming with starstudded photographs and personal.

Studio 54 opens in new york city the crowd outside 254 west 54th street in new york city on this day in 1927 would have been waiting for the curtain of a puccini opera. Behindthescenes photos show wild parties and intimate celebrity moments from. To celebrate the nightclub s 40th anniversary this year, cofounder ian schrager looks back to the studio s history with a new coffee table book, out now, and an upcoming documentary to be. Runtagh citing hadenguest, rolling stone, april 26, 2017. Studio 54 theatre manhattan, new york latest events. Now, in studio 54, the first official book on the legendary club, coowner ian schrager takes you inside the greatest party of all time with starstudded photographs and personal stories, and. Studio 54 is a former nightclub and currently a broadway theatre, located at 254 west 54th street, between eighth avenue and broadway in midtown manhattan, new york city. Now, in the first official book on the legendary club, coowner ian schrager presents a spectacular volume brimming with starstudded photographs and personal stories from the greatest party of all time. See what legendary nightclub studio 54 was like in its heyday with these. Anthony hadenguests journalism has appeared in new york, vanity fair, and. Studio 54 is the one nightclub from the 70s everyone remembers. The club would reopen in 1981 under mark new ownership, only to undergo a series of transitions until it became the building it is today, which houses a theater, offices and an educational facility. For 33 months, from 1978 to 1980, the nightclub studio 54 was the place to.

Iconic photos from some of studio 54s wildest nights. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ian schrager talks about the true story of studio 54. Studio 54 night magic by matthew yokobosky waterstones. Behind the velvet rope at nightclub studio 54 a new documentary, out in october, looks at the rise and fall of new yorks iconic nightclub. As one of new yorks most famous music venues, studio 54 brings some of the best on stage musicals to its doors. A rundown of one of new yorks legendary night clubs. Starting up as the hottest nightclub in town and now working under the branch of the roundabout theatre company, this legendary building has hosted so many different exciting events and continues to encourage performers and fans alike to travel from far and. See what legendary nightclub studio 54 was like in its heyday with these photos. It operated as an entertainment venue under various names until 1942, when cbs began using it as a radio and television studio dubbed studio 52. Sixtysix of his best nightclub images form this new book from stanleybarker called studio 54. Halloween revelers at new yorks studio 54 dance the night away in costumes ranging from burlesque to stellar. There were drugs all over the place thats what fueled it. Iconic photos from some of studio 54 s wildest nights.

Studio 54 is immensely interesting just in terms of a sociological perspective. In ian schragers new book, studio 54, the club owner pulls back the velvet rope to capture the. Studio 54 is now home to the roundabout theatre company, but that hasnt always been the case. Studio 54 is a study of an infamous 70s nightclub studio 54 focuses on the famous nightclub, which was frequented by celebrities like. In a new book, studio 54 cofounder ian schrager dives into the history of his infamous new york hotspot. When it opened in 1977, studio 54 marked the beginning of an era where nightclubs existed as performance art. For most of his life, though, cofounder ian schrager has wanted to forget it. Studio 54 coowner ian schrager looks back at the most exclusiveand debauched club in new york history with new book.

A photo journey to studio 54, the legendary new york club. In a new exhibition, studio 54 cofounder ian schrager goes back to the. The building opened in 1927 as the gallo opera house. Relive the decadence of studio 54 with these vintage photos. Night magic is the first exhibition to trace the groundbreaking aesthetics and social politics of the historic nightclub. Why studio 54 still lives on in our imaginations vanity fair. Berry gordy said in the book, if the hunter doesnt tell the story, the lion will. History of studio 54, the greatest broadway nightclub of.