Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended
".. But the real strength of this piece is how well Fisher's personal stories speak to greater societal and existential truths. “Wishful Drinking” is intended to be fun, and indeed it is, but the real nut of the night is this: “If you claim something, it has less power over you,” or, as Princess Leia the Realtor puts it later, “location, location, location.”"
Chicago Sun Times - Recommended
"...Fisher winningly recalls how happy she was as a student at London’s Central School for Speech and Drama, where she mastered tongue-twisters she later compares to her wooden “Star Wars” dialogue. She then explains that it was the expectation that she would remain in freeze-frame as Princess Leia for the next 30 years that really twisted her up the most."
Centerstage - Highly Recommended
"...Fisher is possessed of a truly excellent wit, which alternates between devastating and gentle depending on the needs of the moment. She also plays with the audience, picking out certain members to gently tease but also make them a part of the show."
Chicago Stage Review - Highly Recommended
"... WISHFUL DRINKING delivers over two hours of human revelation through the filter of a famous life. Fisher is brutally honest and emotionally naked. Her chaos resembles the grand tradition of Eugene O’Neill with real-life celebrities cast as the characters of the shocking story. She is having a great time at her own expense and she creates a wonderfully intelligent, profoundly personal and extremely entertaining evening in the process."
Time Out Chicago - Highly Recommended
"... Fisher’s life has taken her from chorus girl to pop-culture sensation, through divorce, addiction and mental illness. By examining it through a lens of self-deprecating wit, Fisher showcases her vulnerability, but also the strength she finds in laughing about it all later."
ChicagoCritic - Recommended
"...For those who want to know what really goes on in the celebrity homes of the rich and famous, who enjoyed Mommy Dearest, by Christina Crawford (Joan Crawford’s daughter), and are now rushing out for the October release of Whateverland: Learning to Live Here, by Alexis Stewart (Martha Stewart’s daughter) – don’t miss this chance to hear Carrie Fisher’s story FIRST HAND!"
Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended
"... She may have had a roller coaster ride, but with her solid determination, she has in reality become a new icon ( other that Princess Leia). An icon for those who are also living with mental situations such as hers. They can look at what she has done with her life and how she has overcome the life that brought her to the “other side”. Being a spokesperson for Jenny Craig, a symbol for those who need to lose weight, is wonderful , but of greater importance is her showing people that she has taken her life in hand and out of the tumultuous past and history, has brought a new light to the future."
Chicago Theater Beat - Highly Recommended
"... From a book by the same name, Carrie Fisher has created a tell-all one woman show. She starts and ends her shtick with the story of a gay dude dying in her bed. It’s the *simple* circle of life for the daughter of Hollywood royalty and the bikini-clad sex symbol from the future. Carrie Fisher chats frankly about being a bi-product of American sweethearts, Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. She compares her father’s philandering with Liz Taylor as the Brangelina of the time period. At one point, she illustrates an org chart featuring the multiple marriages of Deb-Ed-Liz to rule out incest between her daughter and Liz’s grandson. Carrie Fisher Wishful Drinking is liquid courage served straight-up and dry."
