20 Facts About Studio 54

Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and a former disco nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.

Studio 54's space housed the Ritz rock club from 1989 to 1993, then the Cabaret Royale bar from 1994 to 1996.

Likely the first television show to be produced at Studio 54 52, was The 54th Street Revue, which premiered in May 1949.

Studio 54 52 was used to tape many of the CBS shows that involved panel discussions.

Studio 54 had been launched at the peak of the disco dancing and music trend.

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When Studio 54 opened, admission generally cost $7 or $8, but guests could pay for an annual membership in exchange for discounted tickets.

Some of Studio 54's spurned clientele fled to other clubs such as New York, New York.

Andy Warhol, a regular guest of Studio 54, said the club was "a dictatorship on the door but a democracy on the dance floor".

Studio 54 enforced a photography ban to protect guests' privacy, but some images were still published, including a widely circulated image of Canadian first lady Margaret Trudeau without her underwear.

Studio 54 was a filming location for several music videos, such as those for several songs in Musique's album Keep On Jumpin'.

Studio 54 ultimately paid ASCAP for a license in November 1978.

Studio 54's lawyers announced that they would create a board of directors to operate the club.

Studio 54 remained shuttered through the rest of the year, in large part because Rubell and Schrager continued to file legal objections against the NYSLA's revocation of the club's liquor license.

Notable figures associated with the second iteration of Studio 54 included doorman Haoui Montaug, as well as Paul Heyman, who was a photographer, producer, and promoter at the club.

For other events, Studio 54 implemented an invitation system, which enabled its operators to restrict some events to select guests without turning them away at the door.

The club closed in April 1986 because it could not obtain liability insurance, in part because Studio 54 was losing so many of the lawsuits in which it was involved.

Studio 54 was dilapidated by the late 1980s; the walls had peeling paint, while the auditorium's dome had been concealed by a dropped ceiling.

Studio 54 hosted Adam Rapp's play The Sound Inside, which opened in October 2019.

Architectural Digest magazine described Studio 54 as "the nightclub where the velvet rope was born", its impact evident long after the venue had been converted back to a theater.

Studio 54 inspired the name and overall concept of singer-songwriter Dua Lipa's 2020 concert series Studio 2054.