AWARD-WINNING HIT WISHFUL
DRINKING COMES TO CHICAGO
2 WEEKS ONLY OCT. 4 – 16
TICKETS GO ON SALE
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10 AT 8 A.M.
CHICAGO (Aug. 8,
2011) Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that Hollywood film star, best-selling
novelist, acclaimed screenwriter and newest Jenny Craig spokesperson Carrie
Fisher is bringing her award-winning WISHFUL
DRINKING to the Bank of America Theatre (18 W. Monroe St.) for a
limited two-week engagement Oct. 4 – 16, 2011. The archly funny one-woman show
is created and performed by Carrie Fisher. Individual tickets for WISHFUL DRINKING go on sale
Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 8 a.m.
In WISHFUL DRINKING, Carrie Fisher recounts the true and intoxicating
tale of her life as a Hollywood legend, told
with the same wry wit she poured into bestsellers like Postcards from the Edge and The Best Awful. The
daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, Carrie became a cultural icon
when she starred as Princess Leia in the first Star Wars trilogy at 19 years old. Forever
changed, Carrie’s life did not stay picture perfect. Carrie is the life of the party in this
uproarious and sobering look at her “Hollywood
hangover”.
The New York
Times raves that WISHFUL
DRINKING is, “Extremely
funny full-frontal confession. Carrie Fisher makes you feel like you’ve arrived
for a slumber party to swap confidences. You’re going to like it. A Lot.” Variety exclaims, "Winning and
Hilarious! Carrie Fisher is witty, likable, acerbic, clever and wryly
forthcoming about the warped reality of life in the celebrity bubble.”
WISHFUL DRINKING
premiered in 2006, in Los Angeles, and has since
completed sell-out runs in theatres across the U.S., culminating in a wildly
successful engagement at Broadway's
Studio 54 from October 2009-January 2010, winning the prestigious 2010 Outer
Critics' Circle Award. Carrie
received a 2010 Grammy Nomination in the Best Spoken Word Album category
for her bestselling memoir Wishful
Drinking.
Wishful Drinking the
book, based on the Broadway
play, was on the New York Times bestseller list for 14
weeks, and is available in paperback from Simon & Schuster.
An HBO documentary
special based on WISHFUL DRINKING
was taped at the South Orange Performing Arts Center in New Jersey in June of 2010. It
features portions of her stage show, archival footage and interviews with
friends and family and is currently nominated for a 2011 Emmy Award.
Individual
tickets for WISHFUL DRINKING go on sale Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 8 a.m. A select number of premium seats
will also be available. Tickets will be available at all Broadway
In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph
St., 18 W. Monroe St. and 175 E. Chestnut), the Broadway
In Chicago Ticket Kiosk at Water Tower Place (845 N. Michigan
Ave.), the Broadway In Chicago
Ticket Line at (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations (including Hot
Tix and select Carson Pirie Scott, Coconuts and fye stores), and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
Tickets are available now for groups of 10 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977
1710.
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BIOGRAPHY
CARRIE FISHER (Creator,
Performer). Since her feature debut opposite Warren Beatty in Shampoo in 1975, Carrie Fisher has been a
compelling force in the film industry. She attained international
recognition as Princess Leia, a role that made her a cultural icon, in the box
office sensation Star Wars and
the smash hit sequels The Empire Strikes
Back and Return of the Jedi. Other
acting credits include The Blues Brothers,
Garbo Talks, When Harry Met Sally and Austin Powers, to name a few.
Carrie became a sensation with The New York Times bestseller, Postcards from the Edge, for which she won
the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel. Three additional bestselling
novels, Surrender the Pink, Delusions of Grandma and Wishful Drinking followed. Fisher also
wrote the screenplay based on her bestseller Postcards
from the Edge, which starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.
Ms. Fisher’s fourth novel, The Best Awful, received rave reviews and
she is currently adapting The Best Awful
for Lifetime and Sony with producers Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks.
Carrie Fisher’s experience with
mental illness and addiction has made her a very popular speaker on the lecture
circuit as well. She has appeared on the Senate floor urging state
legislators to increase government funding on medication for people living with
mental health issues. She has received dozens of various awards for her courage
and commitment to fighting mental illness and the stigmas that are associated
with it.
She resides in Los Angeles with her
daughter, Billie, and other occasional house-guests (like you care): Sean
Lennon, Craig Bierko, Michael Rosenbaum, Garret Edington, Mary French, Marianne
Faithful, Francois Ravard, Charlie Wessler, Griffin Dunne, Edgar & Rachael
Phillips, James Blunt,
…And
Greg Stevens
Oh…and her mother lives next door
to her, as well.
Disclosure: While I did not receive any compensation for sharing this particular information I do regularly work with Broadway in Chicago.
Sounds cool!
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