On the timeline of new york nightlife, the heyday of studio 54 barely registers as a blip. For 33 months, studio 54 was the american bacchanal, an unprecedented mix of glamorous sophistication and primal hedonism. A history of studio 54, this time told by the quiet partner the. Studio 54 night magic by matthew yokobosky waterstones. Studio 54 is the one nightclub from the 70s everyone remembers. Now, in the first official book on the legendary club, coowner ian schrager. Studio 54 was the most chic and exclusive spot in new york. It was where ultrahip artist andy warhol could hold court. 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. Tim lawrences books on new yorks club scene of the 70s and early 80s make it. But now he wants his family to know about that time, via a new film.
Studio 54 was the epicenter of disco culture and preaids debauchery. Schrager was working on a photo book chronicling the studio 54 years. Buy studio 54 night magic by matthew yokobosky from waterstones today. After serving their sentences, rubell and schrager amazingly rebounded and became respectable hotel operators making more money than ever. Legendary luxury hotelier ian schraeger, coowner of studio 54, has put together the ultimate illustrated memoir in the longawaited magnum opus studio 54 rizzoli new york. The building opened in 1927 as the gallo opera house.
Studio 54 coowner steve rubell stands in his office, which he claimed was ransacked by federal agents looking for drugs, in 1978. The anarchic story of studio 54 the drugs, the glamour. Studio 54 was the hottest party spot in the world, defining the disco era in all its ecstasy and excess. Casablanca records released a compilation album of disco music, a night at studio 54, in 1979. The anarchic story of studio 54 the drugs, the glamour, and the sex matt tyrnauer s documentary looks at how two best friends from brooklyn conquered new york, only to see it crumble before their eyes 15 june 2018 the epicentre of 70s hedonism, studio 54 became a monumental magnet for beautiful stars, casual sex, and mounds of cocaine. The pictures whir with lights, masks, and glittersmeared bodies stumbling down the avantgarde rabbit hole that was studio 54. What happened at studio 54 is still an embarrassment for. In a new exhibition, studio 54 cofounder ian schrager goes back to the. Studio 54 dj reveals the stars nights of sex, drugs and. But eventually the club was raided and its owners went to jail. The brainchild of steve rubell and ian schrager, the club opened in a. In ian schragers new book, studio 54, the club owner pulls back the. The book is the perfect melange of photographs and press clips, memories of new york when nightlife was at its peak. For most of his life, though, cofounder ian schrager has wanted to forget it.
Open for just 33 months from 1977 to 1981, studio 54 remains the ultimate discotheque. A new book, inside studio 54, celebrating the history of new yorks. Jeffrey from gayletter it was a pandoras box of eccentricity and glamor. Remembering studio 54, new yorks ultimate nightclub culture trip. Ian schrager, the former coowner of studio 54, collects photographs and stories from the nightclubs heyday in the late 1970s and 80s in this glitzy, celebrityfilled coffeetable book that will fill any giftee with awe and nostalgia. Studio 54 is one of those stories everyone thinks they know, but they dont. But its more than a whos who of the jet setit is the ultimate guide to vintage style, from valentino to steven tyler of aerosmith. Halloween revelers at new yorks studio 54 dance the night away in. Liza minnelli sung new york, new york at the farewell party and the doors were closed.
The new yorker theatre saw its final production, medicine show, end in may 1940, following which the building remained. New york daily news archive getty images studio 54 coowner steve rubell stands in his office, which he claimed was ransacked by federal agents looking for drugs, in 1978. Studio 54 is a former nightclub and currently a broadway theatre, located at 254 west 54th. It reopened in the 1980s under new management, but it just wasnt the same. 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. Ian schrager, the former coowner of studio 54, collects photographs and stories from.