Studio 54

Also known as Studio 52, Gallo Opera House, New Yorker Theatre, Casino de Paree, WPA Federal Music Theatre, Federal Music Theatre, CBS Playhouse No. 4, CBS Playhouse 4

Broadway theater and former nightclub

Key facts

Address: 254 West 54th Street , Manhattan , New York, United States
Owner: Roundabout Theatre Company
Capacity: 1,006 (519 orchestra/487 mezzanine)
Type: Broadway
Production: The Rocky Horror Show
Public transit: New York City Subway : 50th Street/Eighth Avenue ( C and E ) 50th Street/Broadway ( 1 ) Seventh Avenue/53rd Street ( B , D , and E ) 57th Street–Seventh Avenue ( N , Q , R , and W )
Opened: November 7, 1927 (98 years ago) ( 1927-11-07 )
Years active: 1927–1933, 1939–1940, 1998–present (as Broadway theater)
Architect: Eugene De Rosa

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Wikidata facts

Official website: roundabouttheatre.org/ot_54.htm
Image: 54-ny.jpg

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inception: 1998-11-00
maximum capacity: 1006
Commons category: Studio 54
street address: 254 West 54th Street, New-York
date of official opening: 1927-00-00
described at URL: www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/studio-54
postal code: 10019

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Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and former nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Opened as the Gallo Opera House in 1927, it served as a CBS broadcast studio in the mid-20th century. Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager opened the Studio 54 nightclub, retaining much of the former theatrical and broadcasting fixtures, inside the venue in 1977. Roundabout Theatre Company renovated the space into a Broadway house in 1998.

The producer Fortune Gallo announced plans for an opera house in 1926, hiring Eugene De Rosa as the architect. The Gallo Opera House opened November 8, 1927, but soon went bankrupt and was renamed the New Yorker Theatre. The space also operated as the Casino de Paree nightclub, then the Palladium Music Hall, before the Federal Music Project staged productions at the theater for three years starting in 1937. CBS began using the venue as a soundstage in 1942, then as a television studio until 1975.