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How Sweet it Is: The Men of Soul

Nov 7 - Nov 19, 2023
Black and white photos of Ray Charles, Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye in front of a dark blue-grey background
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Groove to the classic soul of “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay,” “Try a Little Tenderness” and “A Change is Gonna Come” as Signature salutes the smooth style that brought America Sam Cooke, Bill Withers, Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye.

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

Isaac "Deacon Izzy" Bell

Isaac "Deacon Izzy" Bell

he/him SIGNATURE: Where the Mountain Meets the Sea, How Sweet It Is: Men of Soul, Passing Strange. OTHER: DuPont Brass, Deacon Izzy and The Congregation, Mark G. Meadows and The Movement, Chrysis Entertainment, Washington Talent Agency. AWARDS: The Wammies [Washington Area Music Award (7x recipient)]. EDUCATION: Howard University: Bachelor of Music. @deaconizzy dupontbrass.com

Derrick D. Truby Jr.

Derrick D. Truby Jr.

DC AREA: Folger Theatre: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Simple); Adventure Theatre: Elephant and Piggie’s We Are in a Play! (Elephant), Winnie the Pooh (Pooh); Monumental Theatre Company: Be More Chill; Imagination Stage: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; ArtsCentric: Smokey Joe’s Café; Memphis the Musical (Bobby); ArtsCentric Company Member. REGIONAL: Great Lakes Center for the Arts: Godspell (Jesus).

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

Signature Theatre

4200 Campbell Ave Arlington, Virginia