...did the celebrities who loved going there (such as Halston, Liza, Truman Capote, Gloria Vanderbilt, Bianca Jagger, etc.) scream bloody murder?
Where did they go instead? What took its place? Disco was still popular in December 1978, so they still could have gone partying for at least another year.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 6, 2021 12:00 AM |
Yes they did. They SCREAMED and SCREAMED.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 5, 2021 3:58 AM |
OP I don't think it closed permanently in December of 1978. It stayed open in various incarnations for a good seven or eight years. But after the first year and a half or so, the thrill was gone.
There was another club opened in NYC that catered to the jet-set called Xenon, helmed by a European woman I believe.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 5, 2021 4:47 PM |
The first iteration of Studio 54 didn't close until February 1980. Rubell and Schrager sold the building and it re-opened with different owners in September 1981.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 5, 2021 4:50 PM |
Warhol's diary entry for Friday, January 18, 1980, says, "Steve and Ian got three and a half years each." There is a big change in Warhol's social life once Rubell and Schrager were sent away; the next six months is filled with trips to Europe, many restaurants, and parties at people's homes (the Diller/von Furstenbergs, Si Newhouse). Warhol finally mentions nightlife in June; he went to Bonds on June 27 and continued going to Bonds fairly regularly for a while. Warhol mentions in the entry for Saturday, November 28, 1981 that The Underground "was doing very well when Studio 54 was closed but now Studio's open again..."
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 5, 2021 5:33 PM |
They didn't scream, they 'shrieked!'
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 5, 2021 6:16 PM |
The hissing and screams could be heard for miles.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 5, 2021 7:24 PM |
They were too coked up to notice.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 5, 2021 8:31 PM |
oh, people notice when they run out of coke and places to use it for fun.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 5, 2021 8:33 PM |
Studio 54 was a shadow of its former self when it reopened. From Warhol's diary entry for Saturday, April 3, 1982:
"Went to Studio 54 where there was a birthday party for the black star on Saturday Night Live who’s just signed to do a movie with Paramount. Eddie Murphy. And he’s sort of handsome. The place was jammed but with nobodies."
Jammes with nobodies!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 5, 2021 11:16 PM |
I would assume there are Eldergays on here who were part of that scene at the time who can shed more light on this?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 5, 2021 11:24 PM |
I was not at Studio 54. Dance / night clubs were fun in a way that cannot be described.
I've had a lot of good, and normal good times, but my experiences in those types of places are some of my best memories. LOVED IT.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 5, 2021 11:32 PM |
a lot of it was getting ready to go out. It was fun, creating your look, who you were going out with. It's not as superficial as it sounds. I went out with all different types of people, but having a look you were proud of and to have fun in was part of the night. It was sort of like a costume night anytime you wanted, but you had to make it good. Not ridiculous, but good.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 5, 2021 11:36 PM |
It was a den of snakesssss!!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 5, 2021 11:52 PM |
Was that the night the police found Liza in the bathroom having sex?
They had a fabulous going away party for Steve, with many celebrity guests in attendance. Diana Ross got shitfaced and took over the DJ booth.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 5, 2021 11:55 PM |
[quote] Was that the night the police found Liza in the bathroom having sex?
Polish.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 5, 2021 11:58 PM |
R11 God Andy Warhol sounds absolutely insufferable. Like every fashion/entertainment industry striver I’ve ever met x 100.
Anyway, I’m way too young to have lived this, but I do know that major studios and agencies were still throwing parties there right up until the end (which I think was ‘85 or somewhere in there).
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 5, 2021 11:58 PM |
Even among the most insufferable, it was so much fun because those people were mixed in with all different types of people. It really was as much fun as people make it out to be.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 6, 2021 12:00 AM |
