In the episodes
1 mentions across all episodes - S6E1 1
- S6E1 · James St. James · 1 mention in this episode
NYC club where James later did the door
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.
1991 · Cinemas worldwide
Paris Is Burning reaches cinemas
Jennie Livingston's documentary makes the Harlem ball houses legible to the world and hands drag its vocabulary.
1993 · New York
RuPaul's Supermodel (You Better Work) charts
The Pyramid Club's own goes from Wigstock stages to the Billboard charts, and World of Wonder starts filming.
2 February 2009 · Logo TV
RuPaul's Drag Race premieres
World of Wonder turns everything the Pyramid Club invented into a global television format. Michelle Visage joins the panel in season three.
2021 · World of Wonder, Los Angeles
Night Fever starts recording the survivors
World of Wonder's podcast sits the scene's originals down one by one, and they keep naming each other.
1990s · New York
Domonique Echeverria: Part of the New York club world
Nightlife figure of the downtown club years. (Night Fever guest, Season 3, Episode 7.)
1980s · New York
April Palmieri: Part of the downtown club world
Downtown nightlife figure. (Night Fever guest, Season 5, Episode 8.)
2021 · Limelight
James St. James: Starts hosting Night Fever for World of Wonder
Club Kid legend, author and the host of Night Fever. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 1.)
1980s · New York
Sally Randall: Part of the New York club world
Nightlife figure. (Night Fever guest, Season 6, Episode 7.)
1970 · Park (Berlin club)
Park (Berlin club)
Rudolf's first club, which James dates to 1970: a World War II bunker in Berlin, six floors underground and open 24 hours
1988 ·
World of Wonder founded (c. 1988)
Started as a record label to release the Pop Tarts