Wishful Drinking Tickets

Carrie was very funny and energetic. She interacts with the audience as she tells real life stories of her life. We laughed a lot!!

Fantastic show! Carrie is very funny live! Definitely a show to see.

FanTasTic, from start to finish. I learned a lot about her family life.

Good show - surprisingly informative and funny too.

Carrie Fisher was awesome! A lot of energy and I loved how she interacted with the audience.

Hysterical...historical and from the gut! LOVED Carrie FIsher!

I have not had such an enjoyable evening such as this for a long, long time and I am 63. Carrie Fisher is fantastic! I laughed and cried. Our seats were fantastic! I am still thinking and laughing about her 3 days latter! FABULOUS!!!!!

This show was fabulous! I read her book before seeing the show, and while she did repeat some material from the book, she went into greater length or used new jokes about those scenarios. There was a ton of audience interaction, which made Fisher super personable! I had a blast that night and I wish Carrie Fisher was my neighbor!!!

After having read Carrie's book, it was delightful to see and hear her explain it all in person. Her relaxed easygoing style which is great in writing, often made her show drag at times. There were too many times where she had to remember what to say next. Don't get me wrong, I loved her show, but as a fellow professional performer, I could see that her director needed to help her make the transitions quicker.

Carrie Fisher continues to show her humorous side with a well written short hand memoir of her life. Not for anyone who is sensitive to profanity on stage. Even those who did not live through the times and tribulations of her parents will understand the humor she finds in the tragedy of those lives.

When I climbed the steps in the former Schubert Theater to my half-price destination I asked the elderly usher if she'd seen the show. She replied "Yes". "How is it?," I asked. "I think she's a self-indulgent, spoiled bitch; you decide for yourself," she muttered. And, in many ways, she was right, but so is "Wishful Drinking"- at least for me, It is a candid, comical life narrative that grows on you with each shared story from Carrie Fisher's unusual journey. It is Fisher's candor that endears her to the audience and her comfort with whom she's become over the years. In general, the material may be less interesting to the under 45 crowd, but I could be wrong. There are a lot of show business cultural references from the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Fisher's pace at times is a bit pendantic and I probably would've performed it without an intermission and aimed for 90 straight minutes or less; however, overall, it is an enjoyable everning and I'm glad I forked over $70 bucks for two tickets, as it really was preferable to watching it on HBO on Demand. Live theater most always is.

Carrie was so good!! I admire the way she talked about her illness in a way that was funny but also educational.

Ms. Fisher weaves a tale that is part comedy, part horror story... but always fascinating. Her life has had more ups and downs than an express elevator, but this gutsy lady is willing to share the good, the bad and the ugly with her audience. I highly recommend this event.

She has a story to tell (or several) and she tells them well. And if it weren't so ridiculously comic it would be tragic.

As a 20-something, I was aware of the Carrie Fisher issues, but not as much as some of the older crowds. She was like a hilarious college motivational speaker!

Carrie Fisher makes the evening go quickly with a fast moving entertwined series of stories that are fun, amazing and even a bit shocking. The audience participation portions add a fun twist that adds to everyone's evening.

Carrie Fisher is a breath of fresh air from the world of self absorption, hype, glamour, drug addiction and alcohol aka a normal day in LA, at least as portrayed on reality TV and in her show. From the announcers statement that “Meryl Streep will not be playing the role tonight and the only one they could get was Carrie Fisher. You know you are in for fun evening. It is that light hearted joking that propels the evening, keeps your attention and brings you to belly laughs. Carrie Fisher has finally come to Chicago with her one women show “Wishful Drinking” adapted from her acclaimed book of the same name. This show which has been touring the country for a few years now and an early version of the show was taped and has aired on HBO. The show according to Carrie in a recent interview here in Chicago has evolved and now that almost all the key players from her childhood are dead, the burden of incriminating the living has been lifted. Carrie opens the show right off the bat admitting that a man, a friend, who happened to be gay, gay and a republican, a gay republican and a lobbyist died one evening in bed next to her. The lights come up and without a blink she is willing to answer all and any questions concerning this unfortunate mishap. It is her openness and honesty that make her so charming, charismatic and loveable. Carrie then takes the audience on the historical account of her coming into being; the circumstances, Eddie Fisher meets America’s sweetheart Debbie Reynolds and they have a rather gifted and adorable child named Carrie. Which soon gets complicated by her parents close friendship with Michael Todd and Elizabeth Taylor. When Eddie Fisher consoles Elizabeth Taylor after her husband’s death, which quickly develops into more than just friendship and he leaves Debbie and Carrie behind for Elizabeth. Though she does thank Elizabeth for this in the by-lines of the program. Of course in true Hollywood karmic fashion, Eddie gets brushed aside in Rome when Elizabeth meets Richard Burton during the filming of Cleopatra. Carrie then begins Hollywood Romance 101. She likens the whole thing for younger audience members to Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie scandal and how true is that? With the use of a board and pictures Carrie almost convinces that audience of how her daughter could be related to Elizabeth Taylor’s grandson. Along the way pointing out the marriages, re-marriages and other key players that Elizabeth, Eddie and Debbie have all bedded and shared. Carrie is completely uncensored through this very comedic and descriptive portion and her word usage and comments are unfortunately not allowed in print. Without skipping a beat she is on to her glorious role in “Star Wars” showing footage to refresh the memory and explaining how a year and a half of schooling in Britain helped her get through some of those monologues in “Star Wars”, pointing out how her usage of a slight British accent actually comes and goes throughout the movie. She talks of how she was forbidden to wear a bra as George Lucas believed there would be no underwear in outer space since there is no gravity and her breast would remain buoyant on their own and a bra would only creep up and possibly strangle her? She then reflects upon the images and items created in her likeness as Princess Leia. A shampoo bottle that her head twists off of. A bar of soap that can make your skin as silky smooth as hers, a cookie jar and her personal favorite a PEZ dispenser. In flies a life size Princess Leia striking a rather seductive pose that she describes as a life size sex toy. Procuring a gentleman from the audience who turns out to be 6’6”, he dwarfs her small frame at only 5’1”. Upon their meeting she wastes no time inquiring about his penis and winds up the first act of her show having him don Princess Leia hair to see if he looks as wide faced in that hair style as she does. In the second half of the show Carrie turns more inward. As she discusses the things in her personal life that have often made headlines and in case you missed that publication. The images of these headlines are projected behind her for the audience to view. She discusses her on again off again relationship with Paul Simon, playing and pointing out the words written about her. Not always so flattering. She owns her errors and mistakes, jokes yet shares and discusses rehab. Stating “to say one is an alcoholic and drug addict is really redundant”. She talks of her many rehabs, mental institutions, manic depression and bipolar disorder. How hard must it be to go through these things, but then to have it all played out in headlines, interviews and on TV? It takes great courage to stand before others and admit your faults and then be able to laugh at them and to make others laugh as well. Her openness is an inspiration. Early in the show she points out that at that moment something maybe tragic, heart wrenching and or horrifying. But with time and perspective it’s really all about location, location, location.

Great Show!!!!! Carrie Fisher is still HOT! Very entertaining.

This show was Hilarious, I had a great time and didn't have any trouble understanding the humor even though i'm 19

Laugh out loud funny! I wish I had brought my mother, she would have loved it!