Originally published July 23, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified July 24, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Carrie Fisher's "Wishful Drinking" set for '09 at Seattle Repertory Theatre
Author and "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher will bring her solo, autobiographical show "Wishful Drinking," which dishes on her life with Paul Simon and her famous parents Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, to Seattle Repertory Theatre in spring 2009.
Author and actress Carrie Fisher's solo touring show "Wishful Drinking," which she wrote and performs, will have its Seattle debut at Seattle Repertory Theatre, April 2 through May 3, 2009.
It replaces Chay Yew's "A Winter People," an adaptation of "The Cherry Orchard" set in China, which the Rep says was scratched from next season's lineup due to scheduling problems with a co-producer.
In such best-selling novels as "Postcards From the Edge," Fisher has given frank, sardonic and thinly veiled accounts of her life as the daughter, wife and cohort of celebrities, and her struggles with alcoholism, depression and single motherhood.
In the autobiographical "Wishful Drinking," directed by Tony Taccone, Fisher dishes on life with her parents (Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher), her brief marriage to pop star Paul Simon, her stint as the original Princess Leia in "Star Wars" and life with Elizabeth Taylor as a stepmom.
The Los Angeles Times tagged the show "a Beverly Hills yard sale of juicy anecdotes."
Seattle Rep 2008-09 subscriptions are now on sale; single tickets for "Wishful Drinking" (and other Rep shows) go on sale Aug. 18. Details: www.seattlerep.org or 206-443-2222.
Misha Berson: mberson@seattletimes.com
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