Inside Studio 54

by Mark Fleischman

MP3 CD Format In Inside Studio 54 , the former owner takes you behind the scenes of the most famous nightclub in the world, through the crowd, to a place where celebrities, friends, and the beautiful people sip champagne and share lines of cocaine using rolled-up hundred-dollar bills. In the early eighties, Mark Fleischman reopened Studio 54, the world's most glamorous and notorious nightclub, after it was closed down by the State of New York. Ten thousand people showed up that night, ready to restart the party that abruptly ended after the raid in 1978 landed its former owners in jail.

Inside Studio 54 invites you to revisit the happening scenes of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, the post-Pill, pre-AIDS era of free love, consequence-free sex, and seemingly endless partying. Following Fleischman as he built connections as a hotel, restaurant, and club owner that lead him to Studio 54. Inside Studio 54 takes the listener from Brazil to the heights of debauchery in the Virgin Islands and finally to New York City. A star-studded thrill ride through decadent and drug-fueled parties at the legendary Studio 54.

1 pages, Audio CD

Published March 1, 2021

About the author

I am a graduate of The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, and began acquiring restaurants, clubs, and hotels in the "Go-Go" 60's. A failed love affair, problems with the mob, and more adventures led me to reinvent myself by buying the 230-room Virgin Island Hilton in St. Thomas, where I opened a Studio 54 nightclub, licensed from Studio 54 New York.

In 1980, I purchased the original famed Studio 54 in New York on visiting days in prison where I would meet with the former owners, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. I was able to catapult the club back to its original glory, but found myself getting deeper into dugs, sexual experimentation, and destructive relationships. After nearly four years, I entered rehab, married, and bought and operated supper clubs in New York and Hollywood, this time sober.