True Tales of Sex, Success, & Sex and the City: meet the real Carrie Bradshaw at the Folies Bergère.

Cosmopolitans, stilettos, secrets...
On Sunday, April 26, 2026, theFolies Bergère's " " will host Candace Bushnell's one-woman show,True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City, produced by Gérard Drouot Productions. A unique evening to laugh, enjoy juicy anecdotes, and discover the behind-the-scenes of Sex and the City. And above all... meet the real Carrie Bradshaw, the icon who gave a voice to an entire generation!

Originally from Connecticut and adopted by Manhattan in the 1980s, Candace observes urban life with a sharp eye, tracking love, singledom, and consuming ambitions. Her columns for the New York Observerbecame the 1996 book Sex and the City, then the 1998 cult series that revolutionized the representation of independent women. From Lipstick Jungle to The Carrie Diaries, she explores contemporary femininity with bite and an inimitable style.

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In 2021, she takes to the stage for the first time with a one-woman show combining humor, confidences, and reflections on modern life. At the Folies Bergère, the show will be in English, without subtitles, but Carrie's energy, derision, and glamour need no translation.

With this show, Candace Bushnell takes the audience into the world of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha, where sexuality, ambition, loneliness, and freedom are served up with humor and insight. Sophisticated without being snobbish, funny without being cruel, she embodies the urban icon that everyone dreams of meeting. 

High heels, cocktails, and confidences... this evening is Sex and the City on stage, from Manhattan to Paris!