J Hunter

Review by J Hunter. “The struggle is real.” That phrase has been around long enough that it’s way too easy to parody. Unfortunately for some, the struggle is all too real as they deal with personal issues, career choices, and the support they get (or don’t get) from their respective families. Kate Fodor’s deeply intimate […]

By J Hunter We all want life to be simpler, but sometimes that just isn’t possible – mainly because real life just keeps getting in the way. For instance, in Kate Fodor’s play “100 Saints You Should Know,” the lead character Theresa is the single mother of a challenging teenager, while the young priest Matthew […]

YEAR IN REVIEW: The Year in Jazz2K – by J Hunter. I know what you’re thinking: “Who in his right mind would WANT TO look back at 2024? It was a dumpster fire inside a dynamite factory!” While that’s a fair point in general terms, I have to say the music coming across my ever-cluttered […]

Review by J Hunter. I understand the argument for community theater companies doing new plays versus old classics, especially given the area theater scene’s current inclination toward relevant, challenging (and, preferably, never-before-seen) content. There is also something intimidating about a venerable piece like Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten, both for the actors performing […]

Words by J Hunter.  Photo provided. All-women jazz groups aren’t a new thing. Their history goes back to the era of Louis Armstrong and continues right up to today, where drummer Sherrie Maricle leads the powerhouse DIVA Jazz Orchestra: A group that nurtured altoist Sharel Cassity, tenor player/vocalist Camille Thurman-Green, bari-sax killer Lauren “El Boogie” […]

REVIEW: The Squirrels @ Sand Lake Center for The Arts, Averill Park By J HUNTER It’s been established right from the jump that the Albany theater group Harbinger is dedicated to showing us things we’ve never seen before. Up until now, that’s meant putting on regional premieres of wild plays like Theresa Reback’s Dig (produced […]

Patrick White – In The Spotlight – by J Hunter. It’ll soon be Winter in the forest, and the rich Gray Squirrels literally have it all: The best nuts, the best tree, you name it. The outcast Fox Squirrels want what the Gray Squirrels have, and they’re not the only ones, as hardship gets worse […]

An Appreciation of The Local Saugerties (with a review of the Alexa Tarantino Quartet) – by J Hunter. Normally, when your plate is full, you don’t try and stack even more on to see how high you can get the pile. For instance, I’ve usually got my hands full reviewing one band in one place; […]

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Brian Sheldon by J HUNTER. The RadioRadioXLand theater scene has literally evolved over the last little while. By and large, things onstage were pretty much monochrome back in the day, regardless of what show was being done. Now, we’ve got every kind of people coming from every kind of background, geographical region, […]

IN CONCERT: Will Bernard’s Freelance Subversives @ Live at The Falcon, Marlboro – by J Hunter. 02/03/24 Unfortunately, the one thing you still need to get the full spectrum of music in RadioradioxLand is a car that gets good gas mileage: The fact is, despite new venues and altered booking policies, the best acts (in […]


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