GG’s Barnum Room — New York City Housed inside the faded grandeur of the old Hotel Diplomat, GG’s Barnum Room was a chaotic, glitter-soaked wonderland at the heart of 1970s Manhattan nightlife. Part drag cabaret, part disco fever dream, it drew queens, hustlers, and art stars into its mirrored circus—where gender bent, music throbbed, and every night felt like a high-wire act.
