Dorian Woodruff's WELCOME HOME: EVERYONE HAS A STORY Comes to Pangea

MAC Award nominee Dorian Woodruff brings stories and songs about his lifelong, nosy fascination with interiors and all things opulent to the Pangea stage for two performances in "Welcome Home: Everybody Has a Story" on October 6 and 12 at 7:00 p.m. From fabrics and fixtures in duplexes on the East River, to furniture and wallpaper in crumbling mansions on the St. Lawrence River, other people's homes have always been Woodruff's playground.

In this world-premiere musical cabaret, Woodruff seamlessly weaves together stories of traveling and performing all over the world, with the timeless songs of Rodgers & Hart, Jimmy Webb, Barry Manilow, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and many more. At this intimate 60-minute show, Woodruff regales tales of his grandmother - a Chanel-wearing, former Ziegfeld girl; star-struck encounters at vintage NYC Woolworths counters; and playing piano in the 70s for his childhood idols in smoky, downtown jazz bars.

Says Woodruff, "When I was a kid, I always wanted to see the inside of other folks' apartments and homes. What kind of furniture did they have? What kind of art? What kind of wallpaper? Through my somewhat pushy prying, and much to the dismay of my grandmother, I finagled my way in to see most of them. I learned their stories. I discovered who had country homes, who could cook, who was friendly, and who wasn't. As I grew older, a marvelous thing happened - I became friends with these treasures."

TICKETS: $20 online at www.pangeanyc.com, $25 door (cash only). $20 per person food/drink minimum

Dorian Woodruff is a versatile cabaret and jazz singer, director, and writer, and a 2016 MAC Award Nominee for Male Vocalist. He has performed in clubs internationally with stops in Las Vegas, Nashville, London, Paris, and Berlin. In New York, Woodruff has appeared at Joe's Pub, Feinstein's 54 Below, Don't Tell Mama, and his successful shows I Believe in Love and Standard Time at the Metropolitan Room; and in Chicago at Davenport's and The Jazz Cave at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. This fall, Woodruff appears on the opening night of the New York Cabaret Convention in Lincoln Center's Rose Hall.