Outdoor performance of ‘The Blues Brothers’
to open in Astoria
Radial Park will present a movie-performance mashup of “The Blues Brothers” on Astoria East River
waterfront. Photo courtesy of Tricia Baron
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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | MAY 21-MAY 27, 2021 9
BY BILL PARRY
“The Blues Brothers” is
coming to the Astoria waterfront.
Radial Park founder and
CEO Jeremy Shepard announced
a one-of-a-kind “hybrid
mashup” featuring “The
Blues Brothers” film shown on
a large screen with a live band
and theatrical performance.
The show will officially
open on the Halletts Point
peninsula on Thursday, May
27, at 7 p.m., and continue every
Friday and Saturday evening
at 8 p.m. through June
26.
Radial Park’s “cinemersive”
experience, “Broadway
at the Drive-In,” officially
opened in October 2020 with
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The
Phantom of the Opera” on the
big screen with live and specially
interwoven musical
numbers from Phantom alums
alongside a live 11-piece
orchestra.
Guests can enjoy the interactive,
theatrical show from
the safety of their own vehicles
or via reserved picnic
tables spaced appropriately
for social distancing for those
who prefer biking, walking or
taking the ferry to The Durst
Organization’s Hallets Point
Play.W
hether attending in a
car or without, each ticket
secures a 16-foot-by-16-foot
demarcated space, which accommodates
up to five adults,
in compliance with current
local, state and federal guidance.
Radial Park will continue
to implement strict health
and safety protocols including
temperature checks at arrival
via touchless thermometers,
and color-coded wristbands
which nonverbally communicate
individual preference
for a spectrum of strict or
very strict social distancing
practices.
Beverage and movie-theater
style snacks are available
for purchase, alongside a
selection of food trucks offering
Mexican, Southern and
all-American options. Radial
Park is the world’s first truly
“cinemersive” experience
— an interactive, theatrical
playground designed as
“Broadway at the Drive-In” in
the vacuum of COVID-19 and
beyond. The movie-performance
mashups include some
of Broadway’s talent overlooking
the Manhattan skyline
across the East River.
The Durst Organization
will underwrite 20 tickets per
showing for residents of the
Astoria Houses. A portion
of the proceeds from ticket
sales will benefit Friends of
Halletts Point, a community
nonprofit organization that
enhances the infrastructure,
transportation connections,
community programming
and beautification of the
Hallets Point peninsula.
Halletts Point Play is a
new 50,000-square-foot openair
cultural, recreational and
events venue located at 27-50
First St. in Astoria. The space
showcases the emerging arts
and cultural district in Astoria
just steps away from the
NYC Ferry landing with direct
connections from the Upper
East Side, Midtown, Lower
Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The location opened in 2019
and hosts artistic and familyfriendly
events.
“The Blues Brothers” hybrid
performances feature
Broadway stars including
Charity Angel Dawson, Nick
Rashad Burroughs, F. Michael
Haynie, Brian Charles Johnson
and Antoine L. Smith.
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