Bilal
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Bilal performs with opener Yaya Bey. Bilal is among the featured artists in the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season.
Carpenter Performing Arts Center
6200 E Atherton StLong Beach, CA 90815
Upcoming Shows
Live from Laurel Canyon Presents: CSNY – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Live from Laurel Canyon presents a tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. The performance is part of the Carpenter Center's main stage tribute programming for the 2026–2027 season.
Tierney Sutton & Tamir Hendelman
Vocalist Tierney Sutton performs alongside pianist Tamir Hendelman across two evenings on the Carpenter Center's intimate Cabaret Stage. The performances are part of the Center's Cabaret Series for the 2026–2027 season.
Gretchen Parlato
Vocalist Gretchen Parlato performs as part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season lineup.
The Doo Wop Project: Echoes of the Street
The Doo Wop Project presents Echoes of the Street, a celebration of classic doo wop music. The performance is part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season.
Mumu Fresh
Mumu Fresh performs as part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season lineup.
Sa Dance Company: RISE
Sa Dance Company presents RISE as part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 dance programming.
Pacífico Dance Company
Pacífico Dance Company performs as part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season.
Forever Tango
Forever Tango brings the passion and artistry of Argentine tango to the Carpenter Center stage as part of the 2026–2027 season.
Christmas Dreaming with Stella Cole
Vocalist Stella Cole presents Christmas Dreaming across two performances on the Carpenter Center's Cabaret Stage. Cole is among the featured vocalists in the Center's 2026–2027 Cabaret Series.
Nella
Nella performs as part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season lineup.
David Benoit Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown featuring Courtney Fortune
David Benoit presents a Christmas tribute to Charlie Brown featuring vocalist Courtney Fortune. The performance is part of the Carpenter Center's holiday programming for the 2026–2027 season.
Samantha Bee
Emmy Award-winning comedian Samantha Bee performs as part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season. The specific date for this performance is to be announced.
Splintered Sunlight: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
Splintered Sunlight performs a tribute to the Grateful Dead on the Carpenter Center's main stage. The performance is part of the Center's tribute programming for the 2026–2027 season.
An Evening with Adam Kinzinger
Former U.S. Representative and January 6 Committee member Adam Kinzinger presents an evening of conversation and storytelling. Kinzinger is among the featured speakers in the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 Wit & Wisdom series.
Jazz at Lincoln Center presents World on a String featuring Kate Kortum and David Marino
Jazz at Lincoln Center presents World on a String, featuring Kate Kortum and David Marino. The performance is part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season programming.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performs as part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 dance programming.
Bria Skonberg Quintet
Trumpeter and vocalist Bria Skonberg performs with her quintet across two evenings on the Carpenter Center's Cabaret Stage. Skonberg is among the featured artists in the Center's 2026–2027 Cabaret Series.
The All New Wizard of Oz on Ice
The All New Wizard of Oz on Ice is a family-friendly ice skating production based on the classic story. The performance is part of the Carpenter Center's family programming for the 2026–2027 season.
Patti LuPone: Songs from a Hat
Three-time Tony Award winner and Broadway star Patti LuPone performs Songs from a Hat. LuPone is among the headline artists featured in the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season.
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: Quinto Elemento
Internationally recognized flamenco company Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana presents Quinto Elemento. The performance is part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 dance programming.
Live and Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney
Live and Let Die presents a tribute to the music of Paul McCartney on the Carpenter Center's main stage. The performance is part of the Center's tribute programming for the 2026–2027 season.
Tien Hsieh
Tien Hsieh performs as part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 season lineup.
An Evening with Jen Hatmaker
Jen Hatmaker presents an evening of storytelling and conversation as part of the Carpenter Center's 2026–2027 Wit & Wisdom series.
Review: A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD at Rogue Machine At The Matrix Theatre
This delicate and insightful two-hander presents both the playwright and the company at their most skilled.…
Review: THE VISIT at Pasadena Playhouse
Tony winner Darko Tresnjak directs a nuanced and unsettling update of the 1956 Swiss play, adapted here by Maurice Valency.…
Review: World Premiere Musical WILD CHILD Debuts at Laguna Playhouse
Featuring book and lyrics by Dan Marshall and music by composer Julianne Wick Davis, WILD CHILD is an ambitious, sincerely earnest, and, at times, cleverly innovative new musical about a group of teenagers who are forced to join an outdoor wilderness therapy program where they must grapple with iden…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Hollywood Pantages
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS bears the imprint of its original director, the uber-talented Jessica Stone, and a team of collaborators who span a whole mess of creative genres. Along with their marvelous ensemble, they take us away.…
Review: ANTIGONE: IN THE LANGUAGE OF KINGS at Getty Villa & Latino Theater Company
Beneath the florid poetry, the stunningly-detailed costumes, and the imagistic staging, Sophocles would instantly recognize the overarching humanity that has carried his play through the centuries.…
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Encore Theatre Company
Rooted in Faustian legend, a horticultural horror musical takes over Tulare for the next three weeks. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors highlights the dangers of greed and talking plants as destitute protagonist Seymour Krelbourn discovers his mysterious fly-trap plant may sud…
Review: PERICLES at Theater At Boston Court
In staging the west coast premiere of Ellen McLaughlin’s modern verse translation, director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck and her cast are working their Helicanuses and Thaisas off to keep this lesser-staged romance punchy and relevant…
Review: THE ARSONISTS at Skylight Theatre
Swiss writer Max Frisch’s post–World War II absurdist satire THE ARSONISTS hit Los Feliz like a blow torch, scorching everything in its path.…
Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at A Noise Within
Director Gregg T. Daniel conducts a muscular cast delivering a production that is as fulfilling as it is shattering.…
Review: IN THE TOMB OF TEN THOUSAND CALENDARS at Moving Arts Theatre
Actor WEST LIANG, delivers deeply nuanced, emotionally quiet, and completely resonant character portrayals that enhance each time capsule, in this play about historical and generational change.…
Past Shows
101 total · showing 71–80
Mostly Broadway starring David Burnham
Broadway star David Burnham (Wicked, A Light in the Piazza) unleashes a strong, confident baritone that soars into the tenor range. San Francisco Chronicle proclaims, “Burnham gives a joyously electric performance!”
James Garner — A Musical Tribute to Johnny Cash
James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash celebrates the life and music of the legendary 'Man in Black' with strong conviction and stunning accuracy. Marking the 50th anniversary of Johnny Cash's famous concert for the inmates of Folsom Prison, Garner and his band recreate Cash's...
An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin
The incomparable Lily Tomlin returns to provide comical insights and wildly witty observations about the human condition while talking her audience on what The Washington Post calls a “wise and howling funny” trip. Armed with more than a dozen of her timeless characters—from...
Lee Rocker
This Stray Cat is back! Lee Rocker made his mark singing, playing, standing on, spinning and rocking his giant upright bass in the legendary music group The Stray Cats. After bringing rockabilly music to the top of the charts, Rocker’s got all the classics you love. As Rolling...
Ranky Tanky
“Ranky Tanky” translates loosely as “Work It,” or “Get Funky.” This Charleston, SC based quintet performs the exhilarating music of Gullah culture born in the Sea Island region of the United States. From playful game songs to ecstatic shouts, from heartbreaking spirituals to...
Martha Redbone Bonehill: The Concert
“…bolstered by some of New York’s finest jazz and blues musicians and Redbone’s own stirring voice and commanding presence.” – The Wall Street Journal Renowned blues and soul singer Martha Redbone—with her all-star band—explores her diverse family’s history in an epic that spans...
The Jive Aces Jump, Jive & Wail
The U.K.’s No. 1 jive band The Jive Aces returns to bring on the swing in a show that features the band’s inimitable take on classics by such greats as Louis Prima and Cab Calloway. Jump, jive, and wail along to “Sing, Sing, Sing,” “Just a Gigolo,” “That Old Black Magic,” and...
Aquila Theatre Company Hamlet
Aquila’s Hamlet sheds new light on this tragic story through its innovative use of movement, design, sound, and superb acting to vividly explore the depths of rage, madness, love and death brought about by a culture of obsessive personal ambition. Aquila’s productions of...
Frank Warren PostSecret Live!
PostSecret blog creator Frank Warren introduced the world to a collection of highly personal and artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world, exposing the soulful secrets we never voice. Since PostSecret’s inception, Warren has received over 1,000,000...
Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience
They’re back! With star performances on Ellen, Oprah and Animal Planet’s Pet Stars, these canine daredevils will thrill the entire family with doggone amazing tricks. All former rescue dogs and all first-rate show stoppers, these adorable athletes perform more delightful antics...
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Crone Creed El Portal Theatre (9/30-10/17) |
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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A Killer Night in Studio City Vitello's (9/06-10/31) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Dinner with Friends Santa Monica Playhouse (9/26-9/27) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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New Works Festival Shoebox Theatre (9/11-9/26) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Worthy The Un-Erasable Solo Festival - Willie Agee Playhouse (9/12-9/25) |
