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From left to right: Jeff Bennett, Gig Kyriazi, Maria Hatzigeorgalis, and John Rose play the plucky Jerome family in Brighton Beach Memoirs
Starlight Community Theater is in its fourth season in Anthem, a planned community in nooooorth Phoenix. As in 39 thousand north. As in just this side of New River. Those are not "Anthem is so far away" jokes -- we're merely making sure that, if you head on up there, you know what you're getting into. Door-to-door, it's a soli
Victor PalaganoTaking a mere 18 minutes to start after opening act Project Penny & Project Jan finished, Brighton's Fujiya & Miyagi graced the stage Monday night at the Rhythm Room to an expectant crowd that most likely wasn't expecting the show they witnessed. The band jumped right into "Sore Thumb," off its most recent album, Lightbulbs, a decidedly perfect opener for their light, funky, and insanely danceable set. The band relied on a drum machine for the song (a drumset sat empty),
