The Roxy Theatre

:See The Roxy for the nightclub in London, and Roxy NYC for the nightclub in New York City.

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The Roxy - London - Roxy NYC - New York City

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The Roxy Theatre (sometimes just The Roxy) is a famous nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California.

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Nightclub - Sunset Strip - West Hollywood, California

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It was founded in the early 1970s by Elmer Valentine and Mario Maglieri, who later brought in partner and manager Lou Adler, in a building previously occupied by a strip club owned by Jerry Lewis. (Adler was actually responsible for bringing the stage play Rocky Horror Show to the United States, and it opened its first American run at The Roxy Theatre in 1974, before it was made into the movie Rocky Horror Picture Show the next year.)

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1970s - Elmer Valentine - Mario Maglieri - Lou Adler - Strip club - Jerry Lewis - Rocky Horror Show - United States - Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Hundreds of famous and yet-to-be-famous bands have played its 400-500 capacity theater. Unlike

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the nearby Whisky A Go-Go, the Roxy is still considered a highly prestigious venue.

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The small On The Rox bar above the club has hosted a wide variety of debauchery in its history ; it was a regular hangout for John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper and Keith Moon during Lennon's "lost weekend" in 1975, and in the 1980s hosted parties arranged by "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss.

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John Lennon - Harry Nilsson - Alice Cooper - Keith Moon - 1975 - 1980s - Madam - Heidi Fleiss

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