{"id":121708,"date":"2026-02-03T19:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/121708\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:43:35","slug":"after-five-quiet-years-its-show-time-for-the-former-copacabana-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/121708\/","title":{"rendered":"After Five Quiet Years, It\u2019s\u00a0Show Time for the Former Copacabana Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For over five years, the hulking corner space at 8th Avenue and W47th Street has been dark \u2014 its marquee gone, doors locked and the echoes of one of New York\u2019s most famous nightclubs fading into Times Square foot traffic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Magic-Mike-Live_4501.jpg\" alt=\"Signage for Magic Mike Live on Copacabana scaffolding\" class=\"wp-image-127549\"\/>The scaffolding around 268 W47th Street has been draped in a giant advertisement for the new show with the tag line, \u201cHeaven Comes to Hell\u2019s Kitchen.\u201d Photo: Catie Savage<\/p>\n<p>Now, the former home of the Copacabana is stirring back to life.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to verify and manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>An account was already registered with this email. Please check your inbox for an authentication link.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/catie-savage\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Catie Savage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Catie-Savage-80x80.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a Hell&#8217;s Kitchen resident since 2005, I have lived in both the W30s and W50s. After a 15 year career in the luxury fashion industry, I made a pivot to community advocacy in 2020. In addition to my role as Deputy Editor at W42ST, I am founder of the local non-profit cleanup group Litter Legion, co-chair of HK49-54 Block Alliance and a member of Manhattan Community Board 4. I\u2019m deeply committed to improving my neighborhood and serving the people who call it home.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/catie-savage\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Catie Savage\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For over five years, the hulking corner space at 8th Avenue and W47th Street has been dark \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,12238,63],"class_list":["post-121708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nightclubs","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}