Carrie Fisher is back at the Berkeley Rep performing her solo show, Wishful Drinking. I saw this show last year, and it's hilarious and brilliant. During the first act, she deconstructs her rather tangled family relationships -- her mother is Debbie Reynolds (3 marriages) and her father is Eddie Fisher (5 marriages)-- in a segment entitled Hollywood Inbreeding 101. I'm not that into Hollywood gossip, but this part of the show had me cracking up.
The second act focuses on Carrie's Star Wars years, with lots of snarky love for George Lucas, Princess Leia's infamous cinnamon bun hair, and over-enthusiastic Star Wars fans. As a geek, I loved this part of the show too.
Carrie has performed Wishful Drinking around the country for the last couple of years, and according to her blog, the show is headed for New York City (and maybe Broadway) soon. If you're in the SF Bay Area I highly recommend checking it out. The show is playing the Berkeley Rep from July 9 - 23.
(You can find a few clips from the show on YouTube, but I couldn't find any with decent audio, so I didn't include them here. This is a promotional clip from a previous run.)
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