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Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James are superb as a midcentury-modern couple free-falling into addiction in Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s musical.

>> in the front door of that spot wasas insane. i sometimemes would just walk b to watch the people not get in. because that was fun too. >> oh, you are not shaved. there's no way yous is getting in. it doesn't matter, you're not shaven. listen, just go home. >> you had to be selected. you had to be chosen to get in. >> we can't let in everybody who wants to come in. i wish we could. ♪ oh freak out ♪ ♪ le freak c'est chic ♪ ♪ freak out ♪ >> the great sheik, go to ststuo 54 to get in. and they don't. so they write a song. ♪ have you heard about the new dance craze ♪ ♪ listen t...

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♪ just come on down to the 54 find your spot out on the floor ♪ ♪ oh freak out ♪ ♪ le freak c'est chic ♪ ♪ freak out ♪ >> that't's probablyly the best thing that came out of studio 54 was that song. > disco wasas a revolutution force. funk marries disco, and it leads to hip-hop. ♪ >> it's 1979, i heard chic's "good times" come on. and i just kept hearing someone talk over the song. ♪ i said a hip hop the hip hip hoppy you don't stop ♪ ♪ rock k it out bababy ♪ ♪ to the e boogie banang bang t g is thahat's where e hip-hop gets itsts name fromom. questlove: we didn't ...

Ensemble drama '54' was panned upon its initial release, but is better (and gayer) than you remember thanks to the Director's Cut.