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Studio 54

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Jackie Hoffman Will Deflower A Hot New Cabaret Space

    Broadway's Jackie Hoffman--known from Xanadu and The Addams Family--is bringing her acidic (and possibly Hasidic) hilarity to the spanking new cabaret 54Below. The place--under the legendary Studio 54 site--is being creatively consulted by Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Smash), and will feature performer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Donna Summer, RIP; My Favorite Hits Of Hers

    The queen of disco is gone, but her music will live on. Here are my fave Donna Summer songs to boogie to through eternity: *"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" A slow-percolating, then explosive duet with Barbra Streisand. Could you imagine just being a fly on the wall in that recording studio?

  • Music

    May 2, 2012
  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Tommy Tune Gives Me an Update on His Studio 54 Musical

    Broadway legend Tommy Tune staged a musical in Florida last year about the hedonistically, aesthetically delirious disco Studio 54, and it was well received. So it's coming to New York.

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    I Rocked Christie's "Hedonism" Event Last Night

    In the old days, we indulged in reckless hedonism, but nowadays, we have panels about it. And so, I soberly took part in 24th Letter's salon discussion about the history of NYC's frolicsome nightlife, at Christie's auction house, for a packed house of lively fabbies who seemed to perk up even more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Transsexual Star Amanda Lear Sings About Fashionistas: A YouTube Treasure

    Model-turned-Salvador-Dali-muse-and-singer Amanda Lear brightened the '70s with her disco vamping, which was giddy, chic, and alluringly mysterious. Above is a video of the French star singing about the "Fashion Pack" and their attempts to sashay into the era's top hotspot, Studio 54.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Studio 54 To Reopen Without Sex And Drugs

    ​In keeping with today's nocturnal propensity for good behavior and crackdowns, the ghost of that legendary '70s den of debauchery Studio 54 is turning into a posh supper club!

  • Voice Choices

    January 11, 2012

    BLAST OFF

    Head into ‘Deep Space’ with François K.

  • Voice Choices

    December 21, 2011

    DJ Disciple

    Head into ‘Deep Space’ with François K.

  • Voice Choices

    October 26, 2011

    MAN-EATERS

    Iconic women of style behind the scenes

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    "Occupy Wall Street" Exploitation Examined By Olbermann and I

    ​On last night's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Keith and I chewed over the weird way TV and movie cameras have been diving onto Occupy Wall Street, from the Real World casting notice looking for activists to the alleged Dark Knight Rises flirtation with marching extras.

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Vote Republican Any Chance You Get!

    ​Do it this November and especially next November. It will prove to be the most delightful thing you could possibly do to amp up your excitement level. Think of all the fun we'll have in the concentration camps! Oh, sure, that kind of lockup sounds vaguely unappealing, but there's definitel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Can Lady Gaga's "Marry The Night" Get WKTU Back To Its Glory Days?

    ​"Marry The Night," the first song from Lady Gaga's Born This Way released via the uber-annoying "social game" FarmVille, is, like many of the album's other tracks that have been previewed so far, a throwback to a different time. Its minor-key stomp is accompanied by Gaga singing about how sur ... More >>

  • Theater

    May 4, 2011

    The People in the Picture—That's Shoah Biz!

    Yiddish theater meets Holocaust meets Broadway tuner at Studio 54

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    More Bad Playbills For Rotten Shows: The Final Batch

    ​ I watch them so you don't have to--and I even keep the Playbills. This time, I'm serving you some Dance of the Vampires, the toothless musical with the immortal production number about garlic (which appropriately reeked).

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    ICorrect Website Allows Celebrities (and Others) to Set the Record Straight

    ​"I would like to set the record straight about the horse in Studio 54," Bianca Jagger writes on the recently debuted site, ICorrect, a place where celebrities and other public figures and corporations can legitimize the hearsay of online banter. "I love horses and I used to have a white horse ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 9, 2011

    How To Throw a Party in 2011: Get Naked!

    I dance, I chat with Brooke Shields, I learn about female private parts

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    The 10 Best NYC Clubs of All Time

    ​1) Studio 54. The be-all and end-all of '70s glitz and hedonism. A crazy salad populated with the bad and the beautiful. 2) Mudd Club. The anti-54, this divey new wave hangout on a side street in downtown's then-wasteland bred skinny ties, attitude, and sheer brilliance. 3) Area. A gigantic ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 29, 2010

    'House Ritual Presents Louie Vega+Jihad Muhammad'

    ​1) Studio 54. The be-all and end-all of '70s glitz and hedonism. A crazy salad populated with the bad and the beautiful. 2) Mudd Club. The anti-54, this divey new wave hangout on a side street in downtown's then-wasteland bred skinny ties, attitude, and sheer brilliance. 3) Area. A gigantic ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 15, 2010

    'Free the Music Presents Brothers' Vibe'

    ​1) Studio 54. The be-all and end-all of '70s glitz and hedonism. A crazy salad populated with the bad and the beautiful. 2) Mudd Club. The anti-54, this divey new wave hangout on a side street in downtown's then-wasteland bred skinny ties, attitude, and sheer brilliance. 3) Area. A gigantic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    I'm In the 'Out 100'

    ​ Yes, I'm one of the hundred powerful and compelling LGBTs who made a difference this year, according to Out magazine, and this is great, mainly because I get to go to the party and eat the hors d'oeuvres. The photo with me and other fabbies was shot as a Studio 54 homage, which is why I lo ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2010

    LET’S DANCE

    Put on your red shoes and head to DUMBO

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Liza Just Says No in Halston Documentary

    ​A new doc about legendary designer Halston, which is making the festival rounds, has a sound bite from beloved Liza Minnelli, saying she and Halston didn't care much about the drug use going on at Studio 54; they'd run out the back door so they could go home and get up early for work. Sounds ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 6, 2009

    Is Precious, With Mo'Nique, The Movie of the Year?

    Plus sizing up other leading ladies, nightlife crime, and Tony hopefuls.

  • Voice Choices

    June 17, 2009

    'Key Lime Saturday'

    Plus sizing up other leading ladies, nightlife crime, and Tony hopefuls.

  • Voice Choices

    March 4, 2009

    LIVE FLESH

    The original Wife Swap

  • Film

    July 31, 2007

    Love Goes To Buildings On Fire

    1977 New York gets the VH1 treatment and, oh my, wasn't it fun back then!

  • Film

    June 27, 2006

    'Once in a Lifetime'

    1977 New York gets the VH1 treatment and, oh my, wasn't it fun back then!

  • NYC Life

    January 17, 2006

    Target Agrees: Most Americans Believe in Angels

    1977 New York gets the VH1 treatment and, oh my, wasn't it fun back then!

  • Books

    November 22, 2005

    Table for Twelve

    From bar mitzvah memories to video game worlds, this year's coffee-table books offers sentimental journeys

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    1977

    From bar mitzvah memories to video game worlds, this year's coffee-table books offers sentimental journeys

  • NYC Life

    July 19, 2005

    Discount Delirium

    No crap sales here: Agent Provocateur, Jonathan Adler, and more

  • Books

    June 28, 2005

    Disco inferno: From unifying safe haven to creepy dystopia

    No crap sales here: Agent Provocateur, Jonathan Adler, and more

  • NYC Life

    May 31, 2005

    How My Mother Sold Me Out

    Coping without hand-me-downs

  • NYC Life

    March 8, 2005

    Disco Reflux

    Coping without hand-me-downs

  • NYC Life

    March 8, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Coping without hand-me-downs

  • NYC Life

    August 10, 2004

    Moonlighting

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • Books

    May 4, 2004

    Books

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • Columns

    November 4, 2003

    NY Mirror

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • NYC Life

    October 7, 2003

    Listings

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • Columns

    April 15, 2003

    NY Mirror

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • Music

    August 20, 2002

    Open Arms

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • Music

    August 7, 2001

    Music

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • Columns

    March 27, 2001

    NY Mirror

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • Columns

    October 31, 2000

    NY Mirror

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • Long Island Voice

    November 2, 1999

    Disco infernal

    James Iha and John Cameron Mitchell take a break from the daily grind

  • Columns

    July 6, 1999

    NY Mirror

    Lisa Kudrow supposedly got jewelry worth $5000 to host the MTV Movie Awards, and Adam Sandler was gifted with a $15,000 flat-screen TV.

  • Film

    November 24, 1998

    'MIX Festival'

    Lisa Kudrow supposedly got jewelry worth $5000 to host the MTV Movie Awards, and Adam Sandler was gifted with a $15,000 flat-screen TV.

  • News

    June 30, 1998

    The Last Days of Gay Disco

    The current disco revival conceals its homo soul

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