Carrie Fisher in Negotiations to Bring Wishful Drinking to Broadway

Actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her iconic performance as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, is still looking to come to Broadway. Fisher is in negotiations to bring her one-woman show, Wishful Drinking, to the Great White Way, according to her website.

Based on her bestselling memoir of the same title, Wishful Drinking reveals tidbits and tales from the life of the self-described "daughter of Hollywood inbreeding." Her parents are Debbie Renolds and Eddie Fisher. Like the book, the show chronicles her parents' divorce, her own failed marriages, the Star Wars phenomenon, various romantic affairs and Fisher’s struggles with alcoholism and bi-polar disorder. Wishful Drinking debuted at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse has since played in Berkeley, Boston and Washington, D.C. It is currently playing through May 3 at Seattle Repertory Theatre.

In addition to the Star Wars films, Fisher’s numerous onscreen credits include Shampoo, The Blues Brothers, Garbo Talks, The ‘burbs, When Harry Met Sally and The Women as well as TV credits like Come Back, Little Sheba, Ringo, Frasier, Smallville, Weeds, 30 Rock and Family Guy. The actress made her Broadway debut in 1974, playing in the ensemble of Irene, which starred her mother, going on to appear two other times, in Censored Scenes from King Kong and Agnes of God.

Fisher’s team confirmed that the actress is indeed looking to perform her show on the Great White Way. “Yes, Carrie is currently working out the ‘terms and conditions’ to present her show on Broadway,” Fisher’s assistant, Garret Edington, wrote in an email to The New York Times. “We hope to have a deal very soon.” Producer Jonathan Reinis is expected to present the project.