I attended several dinner parties at her apartment with friends – but the film reduced her to an insipid caricature as "Disco Dottie". My favorite regular at the club was a bright, funny elderly woman who came several nights a week and danced much of the night.
The story bore no resemblance to reality and, sadly, failed the opportunity to tell some of the many great true stories from Studio 54. Visually, the "look and feel" of the reconstructed club was perfect, but
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where I discovered the meaning and purpose I needed inĪs for the movie "54" – fuggetaboutit. Ruelle's, a Manhattan restaurant, briefly moved upstate to build a commercial nursery – and then moved to Atlanta, and into senior services. I left Studio 54Ībout nine months after the raid to help manage It was not theĬareer I had pursued and there was no real meaning in working in a nightclub – even one that was and though working at Studio was a both challenging and a lot of fun, it wasn't enough. Successful hotel chain: Ian Schrager Hotels.Įmployed at Studio, I lost my long-pursued ballet career to an inoperable foot malady After prison, Steve, Ianĭeveloped what became the posh and enormously Silent partner Jack Dushey avoided prison byĬooperating with authorities. Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager to jail for income taxĮvasion. I worked at Studio 54 until after the raid that sent both Went to work for Studio 54, a/k/a The Broadway Catering Corporation. Job at Betty William's Studio (making opera and theatre costumes) and Studio 54's first New Year's Eve Party in 1977, I left my pocket-money Was working his way through NYU as a busboy at Studio 54. Mesmerized by the energy of the celebrants in the club, I approached aĬlassmate and fellow dance major from the NYU School of the Arts that A month later, I accompanied Bob to shoot the Studio 54 Premier Party for the opening of the movie, The Turning Point. Bob brought me along as Photographer's Assistant on numerous photo shoots including a party celebrating Richard Kiley's thousandth performance as Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha on Broadway.
I was introduced to Studio 54 by my college roommate, NYU film major and free-lance photographer Bob Brady. Hear from Studio staff or "regulars" from the early years (1977-80). Name after the death of my step-grandfather, Frank Bitterman. My legal name then was still "Scott Bitterman" - our family changed our last I worked a Busboy and then as Assistant Manager for Studio 54. About Studio 54 Studio 54 Memorabilia Scott's Memories of Studio 54įor 21 months, starting while I was still a student at New York University,