{"id":85575,"date":"2025-04-24T06:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=85575"},"modified":"2025-04-24T06:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:18:28","slug":"richard-carpenter-carpenter-center-renee-elise-goldsberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/music\/richard-carpenter-carpenter-center-renee-elise-goldsberry","title":{"rendered":"Theater News: The Carpenter Center has a special guest for its 30th birthday: Richard Carpenter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to Theater News, a regular column by longtime reviewer Anita W. Harris. Look for it most Thursdays. Or\u00a0sign up<\/a>\u00a0for our Eat See Do newsletter to get it in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve been to the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, you\u2019ve no doubt enjoyed seeing all the memorabilia of namesakes Richard and Karen Carpenter in the lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vintage 1970s photos, gold records and even Karen\u2019s drumkit \u2014 all commemorate the brother and sister duo who both attended Cal State Long Beach before achieving international success with songs like \u201cClose To You,\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ve Only Just Begun\u201d and \u201cYesterday Once More.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Saturday, April 26, Richard Carpenter will return to the CSULB campus to help the Carpenter Center celebrate its 30th anniversary with a concert to raise funds for its \u201cArts for Life\u201d educational programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Carpenter will join another legend \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry, star of the musical \u201cHamilton\u201d \u2014 in a duet of the Carpenter hit \u201cRainy Days and Mondays.\u201d The Tony and Grammy Award-winning Goldsberry will then continue the concert with songs from \u201cHamilton\u201d and other Broadway classics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets for the concert start at $75, part of which is a tax-deductible donation supporting the \u201cArts for Life\u201d program. Higher level tickets include reserved parking and a pre-show party featuring \u201cheavy\u201d hors d\u2019oeuvres, a champagne toast and premium seating for the performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very top-level ticket also includes a pre-party meet-and-greet with Richard Carpenter himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Through its donor-funded \u201cArts for Life\u201d program, the Carpenter Center provides free or low-cost arts experiences to the local community, such as film screenings, talks and concerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program also provides free arts instruction and opportunities to Long Beach Unified School District elementary students, including arts instruction, artist visits to schools, and field trips to see performances at the Carpenter Center. It also facilitates artist workshops for CSULB faculty and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center says that last year the program served over 2,000 elementary school students and 13,000 community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough \u2018Arts for Life,\u2019 Long Beach Unified students engage in hands-on, live experiences with featured artists, as well as attend a performance at the Carpenter Center \u2014 a first for many students,\u201d according to the Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive director Megan Kline Crockett noted that artists and performers have \u201csparked joy\u201d on the Center\u2019s stage since its inception in 1994..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to celebrate our 30th anniversary with Broadway star Ren\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry and Richard Carpenter to raise vital funding for arts education that enriches and inspires our campus and community,\u201d Crockett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Carpenter Center\u2019s \u201c30th Anniversary Concert with Ren\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry featuring Richard Carpenter\u201d will be Saturday, April 26, 8 p.m. at 6200 E. Atherton St., with a pre-show party for some ticket holders from 5:30-7:30 p.m. For tickets and information call 562-985-7000 or visit <\/i>carpenterarts.org<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Carpenter, who went on to international success with his sister Karen in their namesake band, will be part of a special performance Saturday with Broadway star Ren\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":85576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32310],"class_list":["post-85575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85575"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85581,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85575\/revisions\/85581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85575"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=85575"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=85575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}