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	Theater Favorites Take over Syracuse By Joan E. Vadeboncoeur The Post-Standard [Syracuse NY] April 8, 2007 http://www.syracuse.com/articles/entertainment/index.ssf? /base/entertainment-1/1175850364179870.xml&coll=1 The local theater scene heats up this weekend with the arrival of three works, including a Central New York premiere and an old favorite. For the first time in several years, the BeVard Studio at the Civic Center plays host to a theatrical venture. Simply New Theatre introduces "Kiss of the Spider Woman" Friday at 8 p.m. to Central New York audiences. This is not the Broadway musical version of Manuel Puig's acclaimed novel. It is the dramatic adaptation that fostered the motion picture starring William Hurt and Raul Julia as Molina and Valentin, respectively. His performance won Hurt a best-actor Oscar. It deals with the imprisonment of Valentin, a Marxist revolutionary, and Molina, a homosexual window-dresser. Thomas Michael Quinn is cast as Molina with Jordan Glaski as Valentin. "Spider Woman" plays weekends through April 22. The other new work is "Sin: A Cardinal Deposed," an off-Broadway hit by Michael Murphy that deals with the real-life story of Boston's Cardinal Bernard Law, who was accused of covering up child abuse. Told through the clergyman's testimony in response to victims' lawsuits, it cast Tom Minion as Law. Also prominent are Robert Fullenham as the prosecuting attorney and Keith Arlington as the defense attorney. Rounding out the cast are Brian Hensley, Andy Godwin and Judy Schmid. Dan Tursi directs for his Rarely Done Productions. The drama opens Friday at 8 p.m. at Jazz Central and plays at the same time Fridays and Saturdays through April 28. The old favorite is "Steel Magnolias," the Robert Harling comedy set in a Louisiana beauty shop where the customers are like family to the owner, Truvy. Holly Wilson directs for her Theatre '90 company. The show premieres at 7:30 p.m. Friday and continues weekends through May 6 at the New Times Theater, state fairgrounds. Still playing Syracuse Stage's "Death of a Salesman" continues through April 29 at the Archbold Theater.
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