after "evita", she did not have any work for a period. she thought that her musical career had seen its best. when the actress judi dench had an injury during rehearsals for "cats", the producers asked paige play the role in stead of dench. they stated that the role "was not another "evita"" and that her role only had one and a half songs. fortunately, the song was "memory", which was a top 10 hit for paige and has become her signature song.