CHARLOTTE TALKS ABOUT CARRIE: (2003)
Q: You were also part of a musical that has one of the largest cult followings, Carrie.
CD: Oh God, yeah, I know! [Laughs.]
Q: What was it like being in that show?
CD: That was a little harder. Coming off of Song & Dance — [Carrie] was the first thing that was a flop that I was in. And, also it was just really hard. We went to London first and did it there. And we had Barbara Cook, who did the part [of Carrie's mother]. We just got creamed there, got horrible reviews, and then they didn't change a thing — it was the weirdest thing — except for Betty Buckley [who replaced Cook] — that was the only change. Nothing changed. And I thought, 'Oh my God!' And we all just knew we were going to get creamed. It was just one of those things that you had to go out there, do your best and just get through it.
Q: And it's a shame because parts of the score are really strong.
CD: Part of the score — the stuff with Linzi [Hateley] and Betty Buckley, the two of them, is pretty amazing, really amazing. Actually I listened to it recently — one of those tapes that are going around — and thought, 'God, God,' and boy were they brilliant, really brilliant. It gave me chills listening to it. Their stuff was really amazing, and actually the subject matter was kind of interesting — an abusive situation. . .
Q: Too bad it never got recorded.
CD: I know, and there'd been a lot of talk about it for a long time, but it never did. I'm so surprised that it didn't because I have to tell you, I went on tour with Chicago, and every city I would go to, people would come and they were all Carrie fans and never anything else. [Laughs.] A show that I did two weeks — we literally did two weeks of that show, previewed it for two weeks and opened on a weekend and closed.
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