Phillippe Petit, Tightrope Impresario, to Perform in East Hampton

Exactly 40 years after Philippe Petit made history walking a tightrope stretched between the World Trade Center Towers he will perform for a select group of East End guests courtesy of the Longhouse in East Hampton.

Tickets to “Look UP!” which will begin at 7 p.m. on August 7 are available online . Petit will traverse the same distance as his memorable performance 40 years earlier, but this time the wire will be suspended over a pond on the property of Mary Jane and Charles Brock.

Following the tightrope spectacle, guests will enjoy a champagne supper to the accompaniment of Paul Winter on soprano saxophone and dramatic readings by the actress Melissa Leo from Petit’s memoir “To Reach the Clouds.”