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KAREN CARPENTER: STARVING FOR PERFECTION
Sunday, October 8, 2023 1:00 PM CDT
The Orpheum Theatre

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection Sponsored by Kathy & Jim Siebert

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Kansas Premiere
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She’d only just begun. Forty years after her death, this captivating, revealing, and unvarnished documentary provides astounding new insight into the singer's tragically short life and enduring musical legacy.

She was the first in a long line of celebrities to suffer from an eating disorder during an era when the vastly misunderstood phenomenon brought shame and public humiliation. For the first time, we hear Karen Carpenter's personal struggle in her own voice through never-before released recordings and through the legendary voices of those who knew her and were inspired by her music. As the #1 American musical act of the 1970s, the Carpenters were on top of the world, producing a string of pop masterpieces, including "Close to You," "We've Only Just Begun," and "Rainy Days and Mondays." But behind closed doors, Karen's quest for perfection resulted in low self esteem, a disheartening love life, and a public battle with anorexia nervosa, which ended with her untimely death at the age of only 32. Forty years after her death comes KAREN CARPENTER: STARVING FOR PERFECTION, a captivating, revealing, and unvarnished documentary providing astounding new insight into the singer's tragically short life and enduring musical legacy.


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Showings
Sun, Oct 8th, 1:00 PM @ The Orpheum Theatre
  • Year:
    2023
  • Runtime:
    97 minutes
  • Language:
    Engligh
  • Country:
    USA
  • Premiere:
    Kansas
  • Rating:
    13+
  • Content Warning:
    Mental health/Eating Disorder
  • Note:
    #karencarpenterdoc https://boxd.it/F1sw
  • Director:
    Randy Martin
  • Producer:
    Andy Streitfeld, Randy Schmidt,
  • Cast:
    Olivia Newton John, Carol Burnett, Cynthia Gibb, Cubby O'Brien, Kristin Chenowith

Give

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Orpheum Theatre
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Virtual Availability: USA
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A composer attempts to unravel the memories of his relationship with his classical singer ex-boyfriend. Blending lyrical visuals and poetry by Carol Ann Duffy with an orchestral score inspired by Franz Schubert's famous ode "An Die Musik," GIVE takes the viewer on a sonic journey through the mind of the composer.

Showings – select to order tickets:
Sun, Oct 8th, 1:00 PM @ The Orpheum Theatre
  • Year:
    2023
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes
  • Language:
    English, German
  • Country:
    USA
  • Premiere:
    Regional
  • Rating:
    13+
  • Content Warning:
    Implied Sexual Content
  • Note:
    Filmmaker Instagram: @kenya.gillespie Letterboxd: kgillesp51
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  • Director:
    Kenya Gillespie
  • Producer:
    Maggie M. Bailey, Arturo R. Jiménez, Edna Diaz, Kenya Gillespie
  • Cast:
    Bryan Mittelstadt, Joel DeCandio
The Orpheum Theatre
No outside Food or Drink
200 N. Broadway
Wichita, KS 67202
October 8, 2023, 1:00 - 3:00 PM CDT