I couldn’t hear exactly what the admiring male audience member called out to Emilie Autumn at the Murray Theater last night, but it sounded a bit like, “I want to fuck you.” Her response, like all her statements during the two-and-half-hour performance, was timed for maximum effect. “Are you drunk?” she asked the crowd. “OK, just wondering. Because someone out there seems to think I like boys.” It wasn’t the last comme...  Read More

“The Mercy Seat” and “Hancock County” have some obvious things in common. They were both written in 2002 by men educated at BYU who went on to much renown, and each play was recently performed by a local college. Their subject matter, however, couldn’t be more different. Neil LaBute wrote “The Mercy Seat” after being disfellowshipped from the Mormon church for his portrayals of essentially good Mormons doing disturbing things, and...  Read More

After hearing about The Blaze's wine-tasting party this morning, I left the radio station's studios (where Amy and I had been making on-air appearance to talk about this week's issue of IN) and headed straight to Diva's cupcakes & coffee (1560 E. 3300 South) for a little pick-me-up. A flier on the door informed me that Diva's is having a wine-tasting party of their own -- paired with cupcakes!Diva's has joined up with The Vintner's Palate to provide the ideal combinat...  Read More

Today the IN staff did a live broadcast at Cafe Marmalade (361 N. 300 West).  If you missed it, you can watch it now! [Part I] [Part II] Here are some behind-the-scenes photos. First we see Ryan, Amanda and Amy trying to get the Ustream connection set up. Then Amanda insisted on getting a photo of me, for some reason.  Of course, I had to document Ryan's ''severed finger.'' I also got a wide shot of the West High School lunch crowd. Then there's a ...  Read More

There are certain moments of live theater that I will never forget, and one of those is Jayne Luke's performance as Fraulein Schneider in last year's production of ''Cabaret'' at the Egyptian Theatre. ''For the sun will rise, and the moon will set, and you learn how to settle for what you get,'' she sang in her role as the proprietress of a boardinghouse, and as she shrugged her shoulders, she emoted resignation from every pore.A few weeks back, when I interviewed her about her r...  Read More