""It was at this tiny theater on Pico near LaBrea, next to a barbecue place. Our backstage was behind the theater, so we'd sit out there wearing these crazy corseted outfits while the guy next door was smoking brisket.""
""These men deserve to have some attention," George says of Douglass and Littell, the latter of whom she's known since she was a little girl performing in plays at Topanga Canyon."
""There was a scene where I die, and then I get reanimated by a ghost and someone pays - I don't know if you need to put this in the article - someone pays to have relations with me.""
""Think of the record as George's take on one of Ella Fitzgerald's classic 'Song Book' LPs from the late '50s and early '60s, when the jazz star was systematically enshrining the work of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and other authors of the Great American Songbook.""
Inara George reminisces about her time as an actor in the musical 'The Wandering Whore' in 1997. She recalls the unique atmosphere of the theater and her experiences in a corseted outfit. Her fond memories have inspired her new album, 'Songs of Douglass & Littell,' where she interprets nine songs by these lesser-known composers. The album features emotional and humorous tracks, drawing parallels to Ella Fitzgerald's classic 'Song Book' LPs, emphasizing the importance of Douglass and Littell's work in musical theater.
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