MAC Award nominee and 2018 New York Cabaret Convention participant, Dorian Woodruff, returns to the Pangea stage on Saturday, December, 8 at 7:00 pm with “Welcome Home: Everybody Has a Story,” stories and songs about his lifelong, nosy fascination with interiors and all things opulent. 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. He regales with tales of his grandmother—a Chanel-wearing, former Ziegfeld girl; star-struck encounters at vintage NYC Woolworth counters; and playing piano in the 70s for his childhood idols in smoky, downtown jazz bars. In this musical cabaret, Woodruff 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.
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.”
Dorian Woodruff is a 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.
For more information and tickets please go to: http://www.pangeanyc.com/events-2/
Pangea is located at 178 Second Ave, NYC (Between 11th & 12th Sts), 212-995-0900
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