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Both Sides Now: Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen

Dec 5 - Dec 23, 2023
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Black and white photos of Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell each holding a guitar and standing behind a standing microphone. Background is yellow with outlines of 50s style taxi cabs
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The sold-out cabaret featuring Robbie Schaefer and Danielle Wertz returns for an encore performance! Celebrate longtime friends and one-time lovers Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen’s mutual influence on each other’s work with some of their beloved chart-toppers including “Case of You,” “Hallelujah,” “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Suzanne,” and many other unforgettable tunes that defined a generation.

Performance Information

Seating Chart

  • Run Time

    Cabarets run approximately 75 minutes, no intermission.

  • Plan Your Visit

    Signature does not admit children under 6 years old.

Performers

Robbie Schaefer

Robbie Schaefer

SIGNATURE: Both Sides Now: Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, Light Years. REGIONAL: Gulf View Drive, Actor’s Co-op Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA. PLAYWRIGHT: Light Years, The Blue Poppy. TV/FILM: Burst The Silence (prev. Light Years). ALBUMS/RECORDINGS: Sounds Like Home, Ruby, Strange and Lovely World, In the Flesh, This Is Me (Eddie From Ohio), Quick (Eddie From Ohio), others. RADIO: SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Music Director and On-Air talent, Kids Place Live. NON-PROFIT: OneVoice, Founder and President. EDUCATION: James Madison University; Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary.
Danielle Wertz

Danielle Wertz

she/her SIGNATURE: Both Sides Now: Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. NATIONAL: SFJAZZ Center (CA), Nocturne Jazz and Supper Club (CO), Sam First (CA), Sharp Nine Gallery (NC), The Jazz Station (OR), Rudy’s Jazz Room (TN). INTERNATIONAL: Russia: St. Petersburg Jazz Philharmonic Hall. NEW YORK: The Jazz Gallery, Rockwood Music Hall, Chelsea Table & Stage. DC AREA: The Kennedy Center, Blues Alley Jazz, Olney Theatre Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Mansion at Strathmore. AWARDS: Washington Women in Jazz Festival Young Artist Competition Winner, 2012; Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition Semi-Finalist, 2015; Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition runner-up, 2017. #4 on Capital Bop's "Best DC Jazz Albums of 2017.” EDUCATION: University of Miami, Frost School of Music: Studio Music and Jazz Vocal Performance. www.daniellewertz.com @daniellewertzmusic

Creative Team

Mark G. Meadows

Mark G. Meadows

Director of Cabarets

he/him SIGNATURE: Director of Signature Cabarets; Music Direction: The Color Purple, RENT, After Midnight, Spunk, Ain’t Misbehavin’; Jelly’s Last Jam. Apollo Productions: ELLA, An American Miracle. Kennedy Center: Acoustic Rooster REGIONAL: Oregon Shakespeare Theatre: Once on this Island. Denver Center for the Performing Arts: Choir Boy, Wildfire. LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: Associate Music Direction: The Outsiders.  ALBUMS: Be the Change, To the People, Somethin’ Good, A Child is Born. CONCERTS: Jazz at the Lincoln Center, DC Jazz Festival, Blues Alley, The Kennedy Center, Smalls Jazz, The Strathmore. INTERNATIONAL: Haiti, Russia, The Congo, Qatar, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Canada, The Caribbean. APPEARED WITH: Cynthia Erivo, Usher, Bobby McFerrin, Kendrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington, Nicholas Payton, Kurt Elling, Ledisi. AWARDS: 2020 DC Wammies Jazz Artist of the Year, Washington City Paper’s Artist & Composer of the Year. TEACHING: American University, Shenandoah University: Jazz Instructor; Duke Ellington School of the Arts: The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. MarkGMeadows.com @MarkGMeadows

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