Ann Davis-Rowe

  • Other People’s Shows

    One of the nice things about being in between rehearsal periods is getting to see other shows! In the past few days, I saw three productions that could not be more different. Last Wednesday I attended the tale of NC Summer Rep‘s Sweeney Todd. It was much larger than our Sunday in the Park with George in…

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  • Tagine Ta-rials

    At Flat 493, we do a fairly regular rotation of baked chicken or some sort of fish with roasted veggies and a grain (aka clean the fridge and playing my own personal at-home version of Chopped) and Hampton’s many specialties — including pork tenderloin with a cherry sauce, bone-in pork chops with a white wine/mustard sauce,…

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  • One Funky Gumbo

    One Funky Gumbo

    “In New Orleans…..You can’t separate nothing from nothing. Everything mingles each into the other…until nothing is purely itself but becomes part of one funky gumbo.” – Mac Rebennack A.K.A. Dr. John, Musician After closing Sunday and immediately having the first two Nunsense  rehearsals, it was time to take a break from the past few crazy weeks and…

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  • So Many Possibilities

    So Many Possibilities

    *whew*, what a long two and a half weeks! The last two weeks alone, I logged over 60 hours at the day job and had nearly 80 hours of called rehearsal time. But so, so very worth it. It feels like an understatement to say it was an honor to be part of such a beautiful…

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  • Pretty isn’t beautiful…

    Pretty isn’t beautiful, Pretty is what changes.  What the eye arranges,  Is what is beautiful.  — Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George 

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  • “The Day Off”

    It’s Equity Day Off at Sunday in the Park with George rehearsals — and for the rest of us, too! Of course, my “day off” meant working extra hours at the day job to make up some of the time I’ll miss while at rehearsal the rest of the week… Friday night, however, was a…

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  • An Actor Prepares

    The past few weeks have been filled with learning Sunday in the Park with George, assorted redding up (there’s that PA lexicon), fun with friends, and non-photogenic food experiments. I think I’m ready for tonight’s first rehearsal… if  I can stop sneezing. Hey, there, springtime allergies…. #grrr.  

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  • A Phoenix rises from the ashes… of last week’s fireworks…?

    When last we left the Phoenix Theatre Company, Jessica and Phillip (aka #jessip) were just married and fireworks sent them off to their honeymoon… …which was cut a bit short because Rock of Ages Winery hired us to bring Johnny O’Reilly’s speakeasy to the vineyard. Dying for a Drink is definitely one of my favorite Phoenix shows. I never…

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  • I am kindof a language snob.  Despite my occasional lack of proper writing form (as evidenced all over this *ahem* casual site), I have had a hard time fully accepting goofy internet trends that feature bad grammar and spelling like I Can Haz Cheezburger. However… I may be softening. And just like it took me a really long time…

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  • We had an employee appreciation lunch today, and, much to my boss’ surprise, I chose fried fish over grilled chicken. I told him it was fine because tonight was soup and salad night. But he doesn’t know Flat 493 cooking yet…….. (; Your mission, should you choose to accept it: find a way to make…

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