Carrie Fisher Brings One-Woman Show to Broadway

The autobiographical solo show Wishful Drinking has been an extremely popular venture for actress-writer Carrie Fisher, the woman behind the production, and later this month Fisher will bring the brutally honest tale of her substance abuse and mental illness while living in Hollywood to the big stage, as her production Wishful Drinking will start playing at Broadway’s Studio 54 on Sept. 22. The official opening for Wishful Drinking is set for Oct. 4, and the production will be a limited engagement running through Jan. 3, 2010.

Carrie Fisher broke into the entertainment business for the first time when she was 19 years old, starring as Princess Leia in the first Star Wars trilogy. Other films she’s appeared in include Charlie’s Angels, The Blues Brothers, Garbo Talks, The Man with One Red Shoe, This Is My Life, When Harry Met Sally and Sorority Row. Fisher’s Wishful Drinking premiered in 2006 at the Geffen Playhouse and has played at several theaters around the country, now set for a Broadway arrival. Wishful Drinking is also a published memoir, landing on the New York Times bestseller list for 14 weeks.

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Posted in General on September 22, 2009


Comments:

  1. Yesterday I went to New York for Wishful Drinking, the courage this young person experienced was terrible. Being brought up in the spotlight all her life isn’t fiar to her and her brother. They deserve a private life……Carrie’s honesty with all her problems was very refershing. I wish her every success she deserves it. I thought the show was GREAT something different. Every success.

    Thank you…………………….

    Comment by Edye — October 4, 2009 @ 2:32 am

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