Talk:Studio 54

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Contents 1 Missing years 2 Janet Jackson 3 Registered Trademark? 4 Theatre/theater 5 Cleanup 6 Brooke Shields??? 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Studio54.jpg 8 Drew Barrymore also??? 9 Celebrities 10 Performers 11 Celebrity regulars 12 Lead 13 Studio 54 in Singapore

[edit] Missing years

What happend between 1986-1994?

As the article states, it was a strip club during that time period. It may also have been empty for some point at that time.--み使い Mitsukai 04:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Between 1986-1993ish it was known as the Ritz and hosted concerts. There's backup for this at the Roundabout site...I went to the club myself in 1990-91 and it was definitely the Ritz.Mademoiselle Sabina 04:04, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Janet Jackson

how in the HELL did Janet Jackson get into Studio 54, being that she was a minor in the late 1970s!? 12.100.11.146 15:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

She probably went when she was older and people have confused the list with a general patronage listing. Feel free to omit it as needed.--み使い Mitsukai 17:33, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

This is NOT at all surprising considering that Robin Leach took an 11 year old Brooke Shields on opening night.--MathewBrooks 23:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Registered Trademark?

There's a small club operating in Vienna with the Studio 54 name and logo... I'm sure it's not a franchise or anything... So... Is this name a registered trademark or what's going on? -newkai t-c 15:59, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Theatre/theater

Without going through all the arguments for/against English vs American, the article is a mix of spellings for theatre/er. For the sake of consistency, one or the other should be adopted. The company which owns Studio 54 calls itself the Roundabout Theatre Company [1], so perhaps that spelling should be favoured? Orbicle 12:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

Most of this article is uncited and there's a fair amount of POV and peacock terms in the section on the club's heyday. Some parts seem to be repeated. Also, the list of patrons should be split into separate columns for legibility (assuming that we keep it). --GentlemanGhost 13:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

I've just alphabetised the lists of patrons and performers ... I'm with you, I don't know if it should even be in the article, but if it stays, it certainly needs some sources to prove these people attended this club! LookingYourBest 08:30, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brooke Shields???

Something isn't right here. The article implies that Brooke Shields went to 54 in its early days, around 1977. problem is that would have made her 12 at the time. This needs to be checked for accuracy. I could see her going there in the early 80s after she turned 18, but 12? I don't even think 54 was THAT open-minded. 68.146.8.46 23:29, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

As ridiculous as this sounds (I laughed for several minutes at the thought of it), its true. In fact, she was 11. Robin Leach took her on opening night. Anthony Haden-Guest has an accounting of it in his book The Last Party. --MathewBrooks 18:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

From http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/16/people/main3174194.shtml?source=RSSattr=Entertainment_3174194 - "But despite her often-provocative on-screen roles and her teen visits to Studio 54 ..." - a quick google search throws up a load of results on this ... seems like a pretty widely known fact tbh! LookingYourBest 10:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Studio54.jpg

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[edit] Drew Barrymore also???

A ten year old drew barrymore was frequenting the club in the "mid-eighties", I would like to see some evidence of that. Did they have a ball pitt for her and brooke shields. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.117.255.204 (talk) 21:00, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

From http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542167 - "Jaid began taking her daughter to night clubs, and it was at Studio 54 and the China Club where Barrymore developed a pre-teenage fondness for drugs and alcohol."

Happier now? LookingYourBest 10:43, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Celebrities

I nuked this section as it seems pointless but I'm keeping here for history purposes.Americasroof (talk) 12:40, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Performers

A Taste of Honey Chuck Berry James Brown Chic Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Duran Duran

Gloria Gaynor Jimmy Bo Horne Grace Jones Kiss Lene Lovich Madonna

Donna Summer Sylvester The Village People Carol Williams Vasant Rai

[edit] Celebrity regulars

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Bella Abzug Woody Allen Lauren Bacall Anne Bancroft Mikhail Baryshnikov Warren Beatty John Belushi Neil Bogart Bjorn Borg Jan des Bouvrie David Brenner Yul Brynner William S. Burroughs Richard Cantarella Truman Capote Gia Carangi Allan Carr Lillian Carter Cher Roy Cohn Joan Collins Alice Cooper Salvador Dalí Bette Davis Janice Dickinson Divine Ahmet Ertegun Agnetha Fältskog Farrah Fawcett Peter Frampton Bob Fosse Diane von Fürstenberg Zsa Zsa Gabor Mark Gastineau Richard Gere Vitas Gerulaitis Martha Graham Jennifer Grey Cornelia Guest Jerry Hall Halston

Valerie Harper Kate Harrington Debbie Harry Goldie Hawn Hugh Hefner Margaux Hemingway Richard Hilton Dustin Hoffman Vladimir Horowitz Lauren Hutton Janet Jackson LaToya Jackson Michael Jackson Reggie Jackson Bianca Jagger Mick Jagger Rick James Elton John Caroline Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis John F. Kennedy, Jr. Eartha Kitt Calvin Klein Cheryl Ladd Karl Lagerfeld Jessica Lange Swifty Lazar Gina Lollobrigida Sophia Loren Lorna Luft Shirley MacLaine Harvey Martin Richard Mazzeo Freddie Mercury Bette Midler Ann Miller Liza Minnelli Bob Monkhouse Mary Tyler Moore Olivia Newton-John Jack Nicholson

Stevie Nicks Rudolf Nureyev Tatum O'Neal Christina Onassis Al Pacino Dolly Parton Pelé Elsa Peretti Gilda Radner Christopher Reeve Burt Reynolds Kathy Richards Geraldo Rivera Diana Ross David Lee Roth Yves Saint-Laurent Francesco Scavullo Arnold Schwarzenegger Brooke Shields Maria Shriver Frank Sinatra Suzanne Somers Sylvester Stallone Rod Stewart Gloria Swanson Andre Leon Talley Elizabeth Taylor John Travolta Margaret Trudeau Donald Trump Ivana Trump Twiggy Valentino Frankie Valli Gloria Vanderbilt Diana Vreeland Andy Warhol Mae West Robin Williams Stevie Wonder Ron Wood

[edit] Lead

I changed this back since there is already a Roundabout Theatre Company article. The title of the current venue is not Studio 54. This article is about the historic club, not about the organization currently occupying the building. --Strothra (talk) 14:23, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

The article has become a mish mash. The current name of the building is Studio 54. It is a Broadway theatre which carries with it its own set of significant notability (and why it has a Broadway theatre template on it). The Roundabout owns other theatres and so the subarticle is really about a organization and not a building. I would prefer to state in the lead to note its current use and prominently mention its nightclub days per the practice on other articles. We could break out the nightclub from the building but I don't think that's warrented. Americasroof (talk) 15:47, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Right, I shouldn't have used the term "venue" above. Because 54 is now home to a Broadway theatre, I do think that both entities are notable. However, I think that the club's prominence merits that it should come first in the lead then followed by what it is today, a theatre. --Strothra (talk) 22:31, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I changed it to Broadway theater. It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to define something by what it was rather than what it currently is. Granted, its reputation is as a nightclub, but it's an operating theater and 60 years of its 80 year history is as a theater of some sort. However, it might make sense to fork Studio 54 (nightclub), as that seems to be a global enterprise, not necessarily confined to the current structure. — MusicMaker5376 01:10, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Studio 54 in Singapore

The disco floor at Ministry of Sound is Singapore has the studio 54 logotype at the entrance. Franschised? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.132.3.6 (talk) 20:14, 16 February 2008 (UTC)