European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Disney world for adults Donna the lights Are Tho dance floor is strangely giant speakers that boomed with spicy Funk arc now studio 54 the new York dance Emporium of the Notson Famois and la at rest after a night of festive its and inc last dancers left about Steve Rubell then Bounds through the Side stage he coughs a few times and for his apparent me coughs again and smiles All Crimson Cheeks and watery at Hubell has a lot to smile Hes co owner of studio 54 one of the nations fastest fastest growing and most popular night Rubell should be he up the night before until maybe 7 Hes Back at the discotheque to prepare for another Ili really the he As he watches a Light technician change settings and a Florist rearrange freshly Cut you just dont come to a disco sometime in the evening and open it up and play we try to pro Duce a Snow in less than a the 1 million investment Rubell made in former  Visio Studlo with his Ian has paid off How handsomely Rubell wont its been a very successful he nonmembers pay on weekdays and 110 on weekends to get into studio who pay 79 a Are admitted for on a Given eve there May be As Many As people Boogie ing the night away on West 54th turn away Between to people on a saturday said the diminutive who personally stands at the door and picks through the hordes to decide who will and who will not be permitted in that i dont let people in when 1 have doubts about we let anybody in who we dont care where people Are but if there from out of town or we give them first i will let in single Gays but not single this is not meant to be a pickup its a place to have and what is it thousands of pain of feet nightly stand in line Tor perhaps its a Chance to dance Side by Side with people like Liza Bianca Diana Raymond Sylvester Stallone and Caroline it could also be a Chance to live out a drug fanta studio like Many discos of the caters to a drug oriented one of the backdrops shows a Manin Shemoon and a giant spoon whose contents tick la up to his nose As tiny but perhaps people flutter to studio 54 because hey can hear the most up Odate disco music pour ing Forth from speakers measuring 9 feet by 16 and they can dance with Light bulbs hashing including nine poles with three sets of lights each that Are capable of revolving while being raised or lowered in the and its a place where outlandish attire is More the Norm than the anything goes some times even Bare is often for those weary of the dance and theres an entire Balcony area with carpeted Loung ing the upper Section of the Balcony is re gained in its original Complete with uncomfortable wooden Many years live studio audiences sat there and laughed Over the exploits of Phil Sil vers in his Bilko and its where Kangaroo once delighted the Small bar chested men in White Boxer shorts empty ashtrays and collect dirty its a Disney world fur Rubell its not planned dream but a dream come i have fantasies i dont want to Slop part of his vision includes turning the basement of studio 5j into a Coney Island Type amuse Mcnol Complete with bumper a Gazebo for Birds and a room for silent hed also like to Start a disco in till be this place is a part of in Here every night because i like people and i like greeting Ftp Bill stands apologizing for his Blue jeans and track shoes and his relentless the enthusiasm and smile Are still you want to Sec something a reply is not needed As he leads the Way to the bowels of the there in the through myriad of passageways with Tow lying ceilings that the 5foots Rubell has no problem is a collection of props and paraphernalia that would make a feast for the average balloons from past swings hanging and primed for a Good ail of this from a Brooklyn kid who wanted to be a after graduating from Syra Cuse he opened a Chain of family restau rants Steak one Day he walked past the old opera House on West Wlsh just off eighth saw a for Sale sign and in five minutes decided to buy it Wilh his former the Success of studio 54 is like a mixture of two Good said we work Well Ian Doest get his due for the most Schrager occupies his Lime the like the one for Bianca Complete with flying White or the new years eve Bash with disco Queen Grace Jones holding Forth on a ser pent head the Doorman and be comes medias in in a Glass he returning to the main from the i find i get treated for better or for its Nice for people to think youre a its Nice not to have been comfortable and then to be Able to buy what you its Nice to not have and then to forming to j Sec music often in uncut was Una unto Fca myriad in the on the k is Slung inso Iden we you can if men and Lions Bloo set he flt crowd called my accessories dressing fed memo Rebaul because h Man m Denver tells Are is a Little up people i to re i Are a i los Angeles la tars and res f in a and Hin Toni e e Ive in Diery but if the its not 1978 Bianco Jagger with Sterling Saint Jacques Richard Fryer and wife at studio 54 a place to have the stars and stripes Page 13