In the episodes
11 mentions across all episodes - S1E2 3 · S1E3 2 · S1E7 1 · S3E6 5
- S1E2 · Michael Musto · 3 mentions in this episode
Studio 54 co-owner; Musto's first big assignment, after which Rubell always pulled him in at the door
- S1E3 · Lisa Edelstein · 2 mentions in this episode
Overruled Palladium and hired Lisa; threw the party after Warhol's memorial
FashionStudio 54 co-founder
- S3E6 · Eric Goode · 5 mentions in this episode
Eric says he came to Area every night after he and Ian Schrager got out of prison, then opened the Palladium as a bigger, better Area
- S1E7 · Rudolf Piper · 1 mention in this episode
Rudolf remembers Palladium's Tuesday meetings and how Steve talked journalists round from complaints to fabulousness; James calls him a modern-day P.T. Barnum
On the scene timeline
26 April 1977 · 254 West 54th Street
Studio 54 opens
Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager turn a West 54th Street theatre into the most photographed door in the world.
14 May 1985 · 126 East 14th Street
The Palladium opens with art on the walls
Rubell and Schrager's comeback, designed by Arata Isozaki with work by Haring, Scharf and Basquiat.