Five Facts About Studio 54
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Studio 54 was originally built as the Gallo Opera House in 1927. It was later transformed into the New Yorker Theatre in 1930.
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Through the 1970s, Studio 54 was home to CBS’s "The Johnny Carson Show." It then became the most legendary nightclub of the disco era before closing in 1986. Andy Warhol and Elizabeth Taylor, among other famous celebrities, were known to frequent the nightclub.
3
Studio 54 remained vacant until Roundabout Theatre Company produced its landmark Tony® Award-winning production of Cabaret here in 1998. Cabaret has been on the Studio 54 stages twice because of its immense success: in 1998 and again in 2014. Both runs starred Tony Award-winner Alan Cumming.
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Today, the interior decoration of Studio 54 pays homage to the nightclub with fixtures such as the disco ball and the wallpaper.
5
The theatre can seat 1,005 audience members.
