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Steve Rubell (December 2, 1943 – July 25, 1989) was an American entrepreneur and co-owner of the New York City disco Studio 54.
Jul 26, 1989 · Steve Rubell, who revolutionized New York night life with the Studio 54 disco in the 1970s and with the Palladium in the 1980s, died today at a Manhattan hospital. He was 45.
Oct 5, 2018 · At the heart of “Studio 54” is the partnership of the founders Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, two strivers from Brooklyn who met at Syracuse University and rode the rocket of success before...
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- One Gatecrasher Died Trying to Sneak in Through An Air Vent.
- The Fifties-Themed Premiere Party For Greasecould Have Gone Up in Flames.
- Steve Rubell Gave Andy Warhol A Trashcan Filled with Cash For His Birthday.
Opening night at Studio 54 was an unqualified success, but the days that followed were comparatively slower. The club’s fortunes were reversed when Steve Rubell received a call from fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick, a.k.a. Halston.”It was 10:30 in the morning and the phone rang,” club associate Renny Reynolds told Haden-Guest. “It was Halston. ...
While some front-door rejects got vengeful, truly tenacious clubgoers tried to find alternate access points to crash the party. “We would have this situation where people would climb down from the building next door in full mountain-climbing gear with ropes tied around their shoulders,” Studio 54 associate Baird Jones explained to Haden-Guest. “The...
The July 1978 bash celebrating the release of Greasegave Dolly Parton’s pastoral party a run for its money when Rubell and Co. recreated the movie’s retro set. “You walked in and the hallway was nothing but lockers, high school lockers on both sides,” marveled the film’s producer, Allan Carr, in 1998. “And then you went into the main part of the cl...
Studio 54’s fast and loose accounting would ultimately contribute to its downfall. In 1977 the club made millions yet reportedly paid just a paltry $8,000 in taxes. “Skimming” was standard practice in the cash-flush world of restaurants and nightclubs, but this was an order of magnitude greater than most offenders. Each morning, massive portions of...
Studio 54: Directed by Matt Tyrnauer. With Ian Schrager, Steve Rubell, Donald Rubell, Neil Schlesinger. The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
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- Documentary, History, Music
- Matt Tyrnauer
- 2018-10-05
Oct 21, 2018 · And once upon a time, on April 26, 1978, in a sleazy neighborhood of West 54th Street between 8th and Broadway, in a former TV studio costing $400,000, Studio 54’s Qualuude- fuelled dancefloor gyrated to a soundtrack of soon-to-be disco classics. Two accidental kings were born: Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager.
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Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and former nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Opened as the Gallo Opera House in 1927, it served as a CBS broadcast studio in the mid-20th century.
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