Kevin Scott Hall

Kevin Scott Hall performed in cabaret clubs for many years and recorded three CDs, including “New Light Dawning” in 1998, which received national airplay. He also worked at the legendary piano bar, Rose’s Turn, and has taught cabaret workshops and directed shows since 1995. Kevin earned his MFA in Creative Writing at City College of New York. He is an adjunct professor in the Theatre and English departments at City College and Borough of Manhattan Community College. His novel, “Off the Charts!” was published in 2010, and his memoir, “A Quarter Inch from My Heart” (Wisdom Moon), in 2014. Kevin writes a monthly column and entertainment features for Edge Media Network, writes reviews for BistroAwards.com, and freelances for other publications.

Baby Jane Dexter

Kevin Scott Hall
"The Rules of the Road" Metropolitan Room – November 16 - December 22, Fridays and Saturdays After a year with more than its share of challenges, ultimate survivor Baby Jane Dexter takes the stage at the Metropolitan Room to begin her second long-running cabaret outing of the year and turns to the crowd with a...

Peter Gallagher

Kevin Scott Hall
"How'd All You People Get in My Room?" Feinstein's at Loews Regency  –  November 13-17 At Feinstein's at Loews Regency, actor and singer Peter Gallagher presents a very personal and autobiographical evening with his show "How'd All You People Get in My Room?" Veteran of over sixty films, hundreds of television episodes, and over 2000...

Jeff Macauley

Kevin Scott Hall
"It Was Me: The Lyrics of Norman Gimbel" Don't Tell Mama  –  August 29, September 5, October 7, 21, 28, November 26, December 16, 22 Jeff Macauley has come up with a winning show, an overdue cabaret tribute to Norman Gimbel. Gimbel—a lyricist perhaps best known for his pop collaborations with Charles Fox during the...

Tony DeSare

Kevin Scott Hall
"Making Love Songs" 54 Below  –  October 2 - 13, 2012 Handsome Tony DeSare has been a rising star in New York and around the country since the release of his first CD in 2005. Now, with an upcoming CD that seems to be more pop-driven and indicates a targeted aim for mainstream success, the...

Cougar The Musical

Kevin Scott Hall
St. Luke's Theatre  –  Opened August 26, 2012 Eight years in the making, Cougar The Musical began as a two-person cabaret show that had a three-year run at Don't Tell Mama. Now creator Donna Moore (playwright/lyricist/composer) has brought her revamped, four-person show to St. Luke's Theater for an open-ended Off-Broadway run. Moore re-imagines the often-maligned...

Raissa Katona Bennett

Kevin Scott Hall
"Another Kind of Light" Feinstein's at Loews Regency  –  August 21-25 When Raissa Katona Bennett, veteran of Broadway shows and champion of cabaret, enters the elegant Feinstein's at Loews Regency to begin her week-long engagement, she conveys the assurance and warmth of one who is enjoying the occasion. She performs her opening song, "Make Me...

Andrea Wolper

Kevin Scott Hall
Zinc Bar  –  July 30 There was a bit of old-time magic in the air even before the music started at the plush and dark Zinc Bar, located in the heart of old Greenwich Village. The pleasure of a summer evening stroll down West 3rd Street, filled with the ghosts of past music legends, lent an...

Ruth Carlin

Kevin Scott Hall
"SongMoments" The Duplex  –  June 28, 30, July 25 In her new show, "SongMoments," Ruth Carlin showed herself to be a quirky, likeable singer true to her art and her heart. With her unique, cinnamon-tinged, tremulous alto, Carlin conveyed both strength and vulnerability in a program that displayed intelligent song choices from an interesting variety...

William Blake

Kevin Scott Hall
"Echoes of Etta: A Tribute to Etta James" Birdland – June 4 When a white male soul singer bursts onto the scene, a fair number of people probably sit back, arms crossed, and take an attitude of "Okay, this I gotta see." Even in our multi-cultural age, such genre-crossing between the races is a rarity,...

Jennifer Sheehan

Kevin Scott Hall
"I Know a Place" Feinstein's at Loews Regency  –  May 23 - June 2 How refreshing it is, in an age when self-promotion and a jaded attitude trump other attributes, that an artist like Jennifer Sheehan, who epitomizes niceness in every way, can make a splash in the upper echelons of New York's cabaret world....