But before you went in there, you had to check your coat. Bob was watching Bianca [Jagger] take poppers and he said to Diana Vreeland, It really becomes more like pagan Rome every day, and she said, I should hope soisnt that what were after?, That would be Disco Sally, a sprightly thing in her late seventies who danced like a thirty-year-old, and was accompanied by a handsome young man named John on her arm, wrote Mark Fleischman in Inside Studio 54. 2023 Vox Media, LLC. Every party has to end sometime, even one as awesome as Studio 54. As OZY reports, they, too, appeared in a Montaug-managed revue, although there appears to be no footage of this on the internet. Its co-owners Steve Rubell and Ian . Club founders Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager provided premium guests with premium cocaine and spent up to $100,000 on a single nights party decor. A German male model, Uva Harden, originally found the location and brought on an investor plus a woman named Carmen D'Alessio to handle the publicity. Nile Rodgers on Writing 'Le Freak,' Grace Jones, and the Disco Backlash. This article originally appeared on Vogue US. "People were able to let go of their inhibitions, let go of all their emotional baggage they had on the outside and just be who they were.". Spanish police are hunting a British man after a doorman was killed while trying to break up a fight at former TOWIE star Elliot Wright's restaurant.. Father-of-two Jose Rafael Pisano Pardo died . I grew up in the West Village, in the late fifties and sixties, when this area . After it all came crashing down and the club closed, Benecke took a much-needed West Coast hiatus. Steve Steckel - head of security. And we all made really good money. Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: As part of your account, youll receive occasional updates and offers from New York, which you can opt out of anytime. Its fascinating that he could create this whole empire around him while being so reserved. Rubell was the exact opposite. He could have been so generous and spending so much, and he just wasnt. For even more privacy, there were mattresses in the basement, but assumedly the employees weren't cleaning those every night. Halston, Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli, Mick Jagger, Cher, David Geffen, Jack Nicholson, and Michael Jackson regularly packed the banquettes. "Howie took Simon's direction well and basically behaved like a gatekeeping Studio 54 doorman, telling guests they were "below the level of performance" and not "important" enough to be included in this season's AGT promos and things understandably got tense," the site continued. As an editor who worked in the . Studio was a reflection of all of that.. People did quaaludes because quaaludes were aphrodisiacs, and there was a lot of sex at Studio 54. I didnt know what to make of it, really. He was so elusive, he was often described as a "silent partner" in the business. The next morning, he woke up furious, threw everyone out, and instead took 20, the final chapter in the life of one of the New York LGBTQ+ community's most beloved members. Everybody just immediately went onto the dance floor and started dancing. The Upper East Side socialites were doing cocaine. At that point my band mate made a flavorful declaration and we decamped to the trusty, attitude free, IHOP where we enjoyed a drama free stack . It was my 15 minutes with Andy Warhol, I guess. I wasnt good at that, because in some ways Im naturally shy. A Studio 54 Doorman Tells Us How to Get In. The one that sticks out in my head had a midget family eating a formal dinner., Ahead of Thanksgiving in 1978, Rubell attempted an audacious holiday event for which Valentino footed the bill. There he met one of Warhol's inner circle of "superstars," the actress known as Ingrid Superstar, and she took him downtown to the Factory to meet the famed Pop artist. He was able to turn people away with a smile. It was an easy interview, it didnt go into too much depth, it probably lasted for half an hour and then he offered me the job. In that way it was exclusive but also inclusive. Once he knew us, we were in." . It wasn't their idea to open a new disco. The group's members Ad-Rock, Mike D, and MCA also got big a few years later. The two men were very good friends, despite being incredibly different personalities. In Halston the designer learns of a person who died in an air shaft while trying to sneak into Studio 54. If Pittman was taking a portrait, he liked to make it more collaborative, capturing the whole of their personality in a single shot. Hotels that feel different because they make you feel something. Of course, we took him inside, gave him the royal treatment, made up for it a little bit. Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNNNew York. Each EDITION property is completely unique, reflecting the best of the cultural and social milieu of its location and of the time. Even Andy and Divine now seem a bore. The last place you want to eat meat from is a discotheque, but later I saw Stevie eating the turkey, too, so I guess it was okay., For Christmas, according to Inside Studio 54, Schrager put together disco-appropriate holiday gifts: baggies of cocaineeach one had a ribbon on it, along with cards addressed to such famous names as Calvin Klein, Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol, Halston, and so on., The night before Rubell and Schrager went to prison for corporate tax evasion, the duo threw a party at which Rubell wore a Frank Sinatrastyle fedora and serenaded the club with I Did It My Way. When I look back at it now, Schrager said in 2018s Studio 54 documentary, it was so preposterous. This made it easy for the owners to skim profits, but they didn't take just a little bit off the top they took everything else and just left that little top bit. One of my favorite people was a guy named Rollerena, I think he was a stockbroker but he dressed like a fairy queen with a tiara, and he had a wand, and he was on roller skates. I had been going there a lot, I wasnt getting any work acting and I was getting a little tired of tending bar, and this seemed like a very exciting thing to do. How do Brits feel about King Charles? Of course you had a lot of people burning out and most unfortunately, a whole lot of people died. During this time, you can visit and enjoy the museum's. It was the hottest nightclub in the world, this is the greatest performer in the world, performing music that everybody loved. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. It was really different. Some were serious businessmen and women who crunched numbers and made phone calls, and some were just mostly naked hot young men who wandered around the club hanging out with partygoers who weren't on the payroll. Beyond being just the bouncer, he was also the gatekeeper for the "look" of the club, and anyone who didn't fit his definition of what that look was would find themselves at the end of the line. This was like a different person. The doomsday mom, who wanted to rid the world of zombies, is accused of murdering two of her children. It was before cell phones and before TMZ and all the media outlets that we have today. This crowd is made up of well-known, successful individuals: Fashion designer Halston and actress Bianca Jagger are on the left, followed by film director Jack Haley Jr. and actress Liza Minnelli in the back right. They were very into social issues and I grew up being politically aware at a very early age. Reports that Kylie Jenner and Timothe Chalamet are dating have broken my mind and spirit. But after three years the party came crashing to a halt. There are varying stories of how Scott Taylor was hired, but New York Magazine says he just showed up on opening night and asked for a job. The restaurant people were all doing cocaine. Much different. According to The Guardian, the balcony, with its slightly secluded nature, was covered in easy to wipe down materials for any body fluids that got spilled up there. The head of security was Chuck Garelick, he became Uncle Chuck Uncle Chuck, Uncle Biff, Uncle Bunky. He used to hide his costumes in different nooks and crannies in the city because there was no way he could changeespecially in those daysfrom his job on Wall Street. Terms of Service apply. For a nightclub that only lasted a few years and closed more than four decades ago, the strength of Studio 54's sustained cultural influence astonishes me. But I was excited to do it. Catherine Opie: 'Beauty has to encompass more about the human condition', "What was great about Studio 54 was that the unallowed was allowed," he added. Troye Sivan and More of the Bestest Party Pics This Week. Everybody they hired was an artist.". Like Studio 54 itself, Tyrnauer's doc thrives on access. I'm going to entertain your guests. You never said anything, youre not supposed to talk, youre supposed to walk up and be recognized. There was a fair amount of nudity. Doorman Mark Benecke was charged with deciding on the chosen ones. As mentioned previously, Haoui (sometimes spelled "Howie") Montaug's heyday was in the years before the AIDS epidemic became a thing. You couldnt buy your way in, you know? People would come from out of town to come to the club, and it just wasnt necessarily a good fit. "(I'd) back off a little bit and feel the vibe, and then document things," he said. Not that Studio wasnt adult. Confessions of a Studio 54 Doorman Illustration by Stefan Knecht In the three short years of Studio 54's heyday, Marc Benecke was who you had to get past to enjoy the hedonistic other side. Now, people used to tip us occasionally on the way out, and my tips often came in cocaine and quaaludes. The bartenders at McMullens were making $800 or $900 a week, because it was so successful. You see, Studio 54 wasn't just a place where illegal sex and drugs happened. How different was the vibe once Ian and Steve left? Sometimes the stars would even come hide out in the coat check room to relax a bit outside of the craziness of the club. What good was owning the coolest club in the world if you didn't party in it yourself? Club owner Steve Rubell asked him what he was doing for the summer and hired him on the spot. This is what it was like to work at Studio 54. Everyone wanted to get in, from ex-first ladies to drag queens. Still, the impact of Gagas sequined going-out top endures, a little disco lure to reel butts into seats. Steve had this amazing talent to converse with anybody and make you feel like he was your best friend. But . Robin Platzer/Twin Images . Studio 54 Radio. . That remains in my mind as a real crystalline memory of that time. Studio 54 has gone down in history as the ultimate nightclub, a place where everyone who was anyone went to get down, boogie, and be seen. According to New York Magazine, Lenny Miestorm was a teenaged art student who grew up on a farm and one of the original hires at Studio 54. According to Disco, Drugs & Decadence: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Discotheque, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell had known each other since they were college students and had been in business before Studio 54, including as co-owners of another New York City nightclub called Enchanted Garden. Like Halstons boyfriend, Victor Hugo, often wore backless chaps. Not at all. It was as important to be onPage Six as it is today. ", Steve Rubell and Carmen d'Alessio in Norma Kamali coats (1977). I went down to 54 to meet with Steve. The 1970s were an exciting time in music, the New York City Club scene, and, more broadly still, the (largely) underground (at the time) LGBTQ+ community. Totally trashed, Chris Williamson says. He mixed with the celebs and partied just as hard as they did. From comedy classics to underseen dramatic gems, your next binge is waiting. Self. People see you as arrogant, whereas for me it was more of a self-defense mechanism. Miestorm, who got the nickname "Lenny 54," got the best job in the world a paid partygoer. We negotiated for a week or two and then one night, at 10 oclock, I put on my black velvet pants and my white Capezio jazz shoes and an old double-breasted dinner jacket. It wasnt exclusive, really, it was inclusive of people who were of that moment in Manhattan, with an appreciation for diversity, with an eye for fashion. For 33 months, from 1977 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the place to be seen in Manhattan. Thats really what happened. Theyd get in. Kyle Richards, 54, explains HOW she stays so skinny after denying she uses weight loss drug Ozempic: '1 hour of alternating between walking at 3.5mph and running at 6mph' Teen spirit! Locals have targeted former TOWIE star Elliot Wright's Spanish restaurant with graffiti calling him a 'killer' less than two days after his doorman was killed while trying to break up a fight at . (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images) Please note: images depicting historical events may contain themes, or have descriptions, that do not reflect current understanding. But back in the day, she would dance nonstopfrom midnight to 5:00 a.m. many nights a week, taking only bathroom and cocaine breaks., As New York magazine reported at the time, A tiny, 77-year-old lawyer named Sally Lippman was mourning the death of her husband when she happened upon the disco scene and changed her life. Rollerena on the dance floor at Studio 54. Being young, pretty, and in New York City, this of course meant a lot of them were wannabe actors and singers. ", What makes a man? Is Prince Harry going? I tripped the light with Jackie O. I danced all night with Brooke and Bo. Considering Studio 54 was a nightclub, and people tend to go to nightclubs to dance, you'd assume the DJs there would be close to royalty. Nobody believes that so I never say it, but I didnt experiment until I moved to California. To get into Studio 54, first you had to get past the doorman, Marc Benecke. He frequented the other clubs of the era, such as Paradise Garage, Infinity, Max's Kansas City, and Mudd Club, but Studio 54, which he attended from opening night, was different. I was very young. Pittman took a similar approach at Studio 54. Therefore, celebrities and people in general were willing to let their hair down a lot more. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google This may sound nave, but were people happy back then? Now 39 years sober, Sheridan is in private practice as a psychotherapist in Providence, Rhode Island; he is also the father of one of my best friends, which is how I know about his past life as a disco lounge lizard, as he put it in our recent interview. A lot of art-world personalities went to Studio 54, but was Studio 54 a part of the art world? He basically fell over the thing at one point, Roger Parenti says. The owners of Studio 54 became as well-known as the celebs who partied there. So what was the wildest thing you ever saw at Studio?The wildest thing was happening every night in the balcony. Schrager was all business, happy to stay behind the scenes and run things that way. ), Hey, he said after my stunned pause, you asked., Nothing could shock me anymore, added Gaines, whose book Simply Halston is the basis for Netflixs limited series starring Ewan McGregor as the late fashion designer. Mifepristone will remain widely available through April 19, the deadline for the Court to decide whether to let stand an order rolling back access. Rubell had the waiters dressed up like Pilgrims and he was serving turkey, recalled Warhol in his published diaries. His position as the gatekeeper made him socially the most powerful man in the city, according to no less an authority than The New York Times. People would dance, get to know each other, do a little coke, and then go up to the balcony because it was an old theater, you could hardly see up there and hook up. Wed see them coming a half a block away and they already were not going to get in. The former editor of Interview, Bob Colacello, said of Studio 54, "Even if you weren't having sex with someone every night, you felt like you could.". On any given evening, youd have, you know, Rudolph Nureyev, youd have Chuck Berry, Keith Richards. "When you walked in the front door, not only did you get the sound of the disco music, the smell of sex and taste the sweat, but you got the smell of all those live gardinias. It was New Year's Eve, 1977. Now Pittman, along with many other creative talents in photography, fashion, make-up and design, is featured in the Brooklyn Museum's ode to the midtown hotspot. One bartender stood out for being a bit different. Thered be a couple of Upper East Siders in black-tie, doing coke with a drag queen. Though the door was notoriously challenging due to the sheer number of people lined up each night, inside there was no hierarchy. (She'd made a deal with the limo company that if she recommended them to celebs, she could use them for free.) How exactly the music at a disco could interfere when it's literally called "disco" is unclear. Hes now back with a Studio 54 radio show on SiriusXM and a new position with Schrager, as the New York EDITIONs night manager. The outside was really a show in itself. There was a Man in the Moon that would come down and a coke spoon that would go up, and the tip of the moons nose would light up. You never asked anybody to dance, that was rule number one. Rose Hartman. He was all of 19-years-old. Studio 54 was the first club that worked with a strict door policy. Montaug didn't just manage the crowds at New York City's hottest clubs he was also a promoter in his own right, managing roving cabarets showcasing new talent. Many of the people that you worked with at Studio 54 got burned out on the industry because of all of the excess. 2023 Cond Nast. but now my hip joint's been replaced. My style was preppy with a bit of an edge. Those people just looked at me and turned and walked away. He tipped off the IRS and the IRS pounced." Studio 54 is known for having been one of the world's most high-profile, exclusive discotheques during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The scale went from $30 to $250 (she told New York Magazine Alice Cooper was worth $60 while Sylvester Stallone was $80), with $250 bonuses if pictures of the stars at Studio 54 made the papers. He was in black tie. Jones added, People would climb down from the building next door in full mountain-climbing geartrying to get into the courtyard., Doorman Marc Benecke told the BBC, At one point you could buy maps which claimed to show how to get in through tunnels up from the subway system. Knowing his time was coming to an end and not wanting to die suffering, the former bouncer invited some of his closest friends to his apartment, including Madonna, who joined by telephone (viaNew York Magazine). There were a lot of ordinary people eking out a living in Manhattan, going out to have fun, but they knew what the club was about and they knew it was about acceptance and celebration. You had to be very protective of who was inside. Benecke said, "One of the things I think that made me a good doorperson was that I can really feel [people's] energy and for the most part, where they're coming from." Chuck Garelick was head of security, a serious job when a mob of wannabe cool people were constantly clamoring to be let in, sometimes resorting to threats of violence. Steve had this passion for Diana. I was a poli sci major in school, I wanted to become a lawyer. People functioned that way. So people felt that that life could be happiness. "What made Studio 54 great was that everything they did -- every night and every function -- they did in excess. The anecdote seemingly stems from Studio 54 associate Baird Jones, who told The Last Party author Anthony Haden-Guest this had actually happened: This guy got stuck in a vent trying to get in. Once he told a guy to go to Bloomingdale's and buy the same blazer Benecke was wearing. Yeah, I actually told this one guy to go buy this blazer that I had on at Bloomingdales. Cocaine was the marijuana of the disco era. Nancy Neimeth - book-keeper. It was sex all over the place with various people, and it was full-tilt boogie: work, pleasure, cocaine. You walked in and you were hit with this wall of sound, and youd look out there and thered be Diana Ross dancing to her own song. Nothing was said, it was just, Im Andy Warhol, Im holding your hand, youre here with me, enjoy. I was trying to get acting work, doing the occasional Off Broadway play. But, like so many creatives, he found such a traditional job confining and decided he had a better idea, which he presented to the club's owner after less than one shift. And people felt incredibly comfortable therebecause we did the selection process at the door. "I only want fun-looking people in here," said the club's co-owner, who grew up in Brooklyn long before it became fashionable. Haoui Montaug (1952 - June 7, 1991) was a doorman of the New York City nightclubs Hurrah, Mudd Club, Danceteria, Studio 54, and the Palladium. What were we thinking?, Steve Rubell and Diana Ross went up to control central, the DJ boothDiana Ross began to sing out over the crowd. He could also be a jerk though. He was all of 19-years-old. 54 was just electric, he told me, this carnival atmosphere where people felt free to just be absolutely who they wanted to be inside. The prize: a paid trip to St. He asked what I was doing for the summer and was like, How would you like to work here? And Im like, Okay. Thats basically how it started! He was like Superman, hiding and putting on his costume in a phone booth. Are there maybe, lets say, surprising celebrity interactions that stick out in your mind?Yeah. Not a subscriber? On one night, Pittman recalled, the club's ascending and descending revolving floor featured a performance from the entire cast of the musical "A Chorus Line," as glitter and balloons rained down. Getting into Studio 54 in the 1970s was a nearly impossible endeavor. I could never do that job now. By the next night, he was put behind the bar when another guy called in sick. Perhaps because, as Taylor put it, "Steve [Rubell] wanted all big, gay, muscle-bound bartenders, and I was, like, this Jewish straight boy from Queens," the owner was unimpressed when he noticed and tried to fire him. "It's where you come when you want to escape. Are you getting a good picture? 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