Studio 54 es una legendaria discoteca neoyorquina ubicada en la Calle 54 Oeste en Manhattan. Abrió el 26 de abril de 1977 y fue clausurada en marzo de 1986. Su apogeo coincidió con la fiebre por la música disco y con una época de libertad sexual.El local fue reabierto posteriormente, pero ya en circunstancias muy distintas.

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.

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.

Previous Names:

Gallo Opera House (1927)

New Yorker Theatre (1930)

Casino de Paris (1933)

Palladium Theatre (1936)

Federal Music Theatre (1937)

New Yorker Theatre (1939)

CBS Radio Playhouse No. 4 (1942)

CBS Studio No. 52 (1942)

Studio 54 (1977)

The Ritz (1989)

Studio 54 (1994)

Franchises

Studio 54 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas

Studio 54, Antwerp, Belgium

Studio 54, Berlin

Studio 54, León & Oviedo

Studio 54, Coventry

Studio 54, Prague

DJs during the nightclub era

Patrick Adams 

Jellybean Benitez 

Tom Moulton 

Nicky Siano 

Robbie Leslie 

Johnny 'Hook' Adame 

Kenny Carpenter

Bert Bevans