Afternoon Disco Break - Tribute To Studio 54

Time to get up out of your chair and do the Hustle ...

Afternoon Disco Break - Tribute to Studio 54

NYC's legendary disco Studio 54 opened exactly 33 years ago this week - and people are STILL talking about it.  Studio (along with Paradise Garage and The Saint) is one of those clubs I wish I'd been able to experience first-hand.  After all, rubbing shoulders with Liza, Andy and Bianca would have been awesome...

Actually, I WAS able to see to Studio 54 once.  In the mid-90's it re-opened briefly as a nightclub before becoming a full-time Broadway theater.  I checked it out on Gay Night (the club is literally 2 blocks away from my apartment) - but it wasn't very exciting.  After a few weeks the nightclub shut down for good.

The venue is now the home of the Roundabout Theatre Company.

It's Showtime For Studio 54

According to Towleroad, Showtime is developing a series about Studio 54 - the legendary NYC disco. I can't wait to see the cute busboys in their short-shorts!

Studio 54 is still there - and now operates as a Broadway theater. In 1994, it reopened briefly as a nightclub. I went once or twice on gay night (it is only a few blocks away from my apartment) - but the club was empty and boring.

I would have never thought "empty" and "boring" would ever be used to describe Studio 54, but in this case those two words were appropriate. Shortly after the nightclub idea failed, they changed it into a theater - the space's original function. Studio 54 has housed Broadway productions ever since.