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Schrager and Rubell opened the Studio 54 nightclub on April 26, 1977, as disco was gaining popularity in the U.S. Infamous for its celebrity guest lists, quixotic entry policies, extravagant events, rampant drug use, and sexual hedonism, Studio 54 closed in 1980 after Schrager and Rubell were convicted of tax evasion.
Rubell and Schrager opened two clubs, one in Boston with John Addison from La Jardin, the other, called The Enchanted Garden, in Queens in 1975, which later became Douglaston Manor. In April 1977, they opened Studio 54 in the old CBS Studio on West 54th Street that the network was selling. Rubell became a familiar face in front of the building ...
Six weeks later, Studio 54 opened. [15] The club's design drew on the venue's existing theatrical infrastructure allowing Schrager and Rubell to experiment with set and lighting design. [ 16 ] The club often hosted "one-night-only" theme parties at which the club's interiors were reconfigured with intricate sets and performance art installations.
Mark Fleischman, the one-time owner of the famed Studio 54 club in New York City during the 1980s, has died via physicians assisted suicide in Switzerland. He was 82.According to multiple reports ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opens an exhibition on the late architect Paul Rudolph.
The location of Studio 54 in 2008.. Nightclub and discotheque Studio 54, located at 254 West 54th Street, between Eighth Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan, New York City, was founded and opened by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager in 1977, [1] [2] and by 1979 it had become a world-famous front for disco music. [3]
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