Carrie Fisher

Playbill - Roundabout Theatre Company, in association with Jonathan Reinis, Jamie Cesa, Eva Price & Berkeley Repertory Theatre, announced a two-week extension of Wishful Drinking, created and performed by Carrie Fisher.  

If you’re a “Star Wars” fan of a certain age, you may recall a certain scene in “Return of the Jedi” in which Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia wore a certain metal bikini. Earlier this week, Kottke found this on-set image of the filming of the third installment in the original trilogy, showing Fisher and [...]  

Wishful Drinking is created and performed by Carrie Fisher and directed by Tony Taccone at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th St). Fisher visited NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Thursday, October 29th, and you can watch the segment right here on BWW TV's STAGE TUBE!  

The force is strong with Carrie Fisher, not to mention Berkeley Rep, these days. Tony Taccone’s smartly directed production of Fisher’s autobio tour-de-farce is winning raves in its New York debut.  AP says the ”Star Wars icon, manic-depressive, alcoholic and astute observer of the Hollywood scene… is a raconteur in the best sense of the word.” [...]  

Carrie Fisher stopped by our studio this morning to talk about her new Broadway show, "Wishful Drinking." The actress had some great lines and we wanted to share her wisdom here. Here are a few quotes: "You are only as sick as your secrets." "I invite people to my show not to look at my house but to listen to the furniture." "When you are a teenager you are horrified by everyone." "I don't know that anyone in our family is comfortable." "I...  

Carrie Fisher's memoir Wishful Drinking will hit #7 on the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers List on Sunday, October 18. The book is adapted from Fisher's solo show,  

Carrie Fisher has brought a lifetime of personal gossip about her and her family -- her mother is '50s movie star Debbie Reynolds her father is '50s singing idol Eddie Fisher...  

All of us here want to wish the lovely Carrie Fisher a very happy birthday today. Over the years Carrie has given us many fine moments on screen (Star Wars, The Man with One Red Shoe, Soapdish, When Harry Met Sally…, Hannah and Her Sisters). She’s also put pen to paper and worked on novels [...]  

Carrie Fisher usually kicks off her one-woman show with a delightful story about finding a dead guy in her bed. Then she asks the audience if they have any questions. Some eventually do, after getting over their shock and nervousness. Among some of the queries she's been asked: How did you know he was dead?  

Carrie Fisher’s one-woman comedic confessional “Wishful Drinking” opened on Broadway on Sunday, eliciting everything from Princess-Leia-groupie-like raves to a dripping contempt for her long-winded narcissistic stories. Fisher’s personal disaster map covers the usual territory with the likes of dad dumping mom for another woman, but because this is a Hollywood story, it’s amped up with the celebrity glare worthy of Eddie Fisher leaving Debbie...  

London, Oct 6 (ANI): Actress Carrie Fisher has hit back at critics who say she hasn’t aged well. The ‘Star Wars’ star, 52, who was admired for her beauty in young age, admits comparisons to her younger, slimmer self are crippling. “I tried to arrest my development physically as well as emotionally but unfortunately without much [...]  

In this week's edition of New York, Amy Larocca sits down with Carrie Fisher in advance of the Roundabout Theatre production of her one-woman show, Wishful Drinking. Tim Murphy chats with the up-and-coming star of Precious, Gabby Sidibe. Eric Kohn talks with the lead of the new Coen Brothers film, Michael Stuhlbarg, who's also a longtime Broadway vet. Speaking of A Serious Man, David Edelstein reviews that, Whip It, and Capitalism: A Love...  

NEW YORK — Carrie Fisher usually kicks off her one-woman show with a delightful story about finding a dead guy in her bed. Then she asks the audience if they have any questions. Some eventually do, after getting over their shock and  

Yes, indeed. Especially when the author and star is Carrie Fisher, daughter of showbiz royalty, "Star Wars" icon, manic-depressive, alcoholic and astute observer of the Hollywood scene. Fisher is a raconteur in the best sense of the word. She knows ...  

In Wishful Drinking, as show notes explain, "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.' The daughter of Eddie Fisher ...