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he Tony Awardwinning, smash hit musical Kiss of the He was visiting New York earlier this year to apply to gradu Tfp&rmmhmumnm ate school, and auditioned for the part of Molina on a whim. n:mmnmmhnm 3 * 'k.'u:‘m&nh-nnmum Adapted by playwright Terrence McNally from Manue! just graduated in May and | so 1 wasn‘t going to get mmmduw.mmumx my hopes up," Barefoot says. "So in the mornings | would winning score rife with Latinâ€"inspired melodies and pulsating . audition for grad school and in the aftenoons | would do the rhythms. Kha‘uhbphufiqwlmvnpum it is the story of an unusual friendship that blossoms around Times Square like a chicken with his head cut off. | between two men in the dark, terrifying setting of a Latin couldn‘t believe it." American jail. es mninmnmmtmags The role, Barefoot says, is the most Molina is a homosexual serving a f : «challenging he‘s tackied, largety sentence for allegedly corrupting a A f _ because of the many aspects of minor. in jail Valentin, a : < . Molina‘s personality. cion of terrorism. Valentin has been " d ‘ a character with so many levels â€" with badly beaten and tortured and 3 . * m _ so many things going on," Barefoot cell. Horrified by Valentin‘s condition, . # 44\ g back and forth from mood to mood to Molina escapes to his cinematic fan _ ies *L f _ mood. One minute he can be putting goddess Aurora. i é . minute he‘s dead serious or experienc A bond gradually develops > i. T _ ing very realistic hurt. And that to me between the two men as Molina 6 is the challenge and the excitement. it shares with his cellmate stories from .. | sis a bit of a risque role in that a lot of the romantic world of 19405 Hollyâ€" people won‘t necessarity understand wood musicals, and what begins as 3 where he‘s coming from, at least in hostility evolves into a relationship of . | the beginning. But hopefully by the respect and understanding. 4 | end of the show they will have This production, which just kicked * | warmed up to what he is about â€" off its North American tour last week es mt y anaent what he‘s looking for in life." in Buffalo, stars Argentine sensation Sandra Guida as the Spiâ€" In the 1995 film version of Kiss of the Spider Woman, actor der Woman, Ross Stoner as Valentin, and Brian Barefoot as William Hurt played Molina opposite Raul Julia. While Hurt Molina. won an Oscar for his gripping performance, Barefoot doesn‘t Barefoot, a native of Pittsburgh, comes to this production Hmymnwlinwtoflmaaorspomfld, "fresh out of college." He began performing in his hometown "I don‘t feel pressure at all. As a matter of fact, William inhkulymmm&mmmh. mmmmmwmum school production of Little shop of Horrors, he was bitten by more different," Barefoot says. "My view of the character is the acting bug. a quite different from what I perceive his view to have been. Not Barefoot‘s main interest is in acting, and he‘s confident that his is wrong or mine is wrong, it‘s just my interpretation. I about his singing abilities. His dance skills are what he has to maiymugwflwo.lmldhopeflmwmm work most on, especially since Kiss of the Spider Woman‘s is performing a role, even if it had been in a motion picture, grand finale features Molina and the Spider Woman in a lavish mmagmm.mmmsmuym dance number. from the film. There‘s whole other color to it â€" a whole other "Dance is certainly the least of my talents so I work on that _ idea to it." whenever I can," Barefoot says. "I have quite a dance in this fi;il,dflkfpi'fifw:'"m“h‘"!w’:z?w particular production, but I‘ve finally got that polished so now through 11 at 8 pm. nightly. Tickets are , $50 1 can feel comfortable." got and $55; and are availahle 2t The Fantra haw abies £%0 aran "A Waterloo Institution in Our 19th Year" 16 Flavours of Milkshakes 210 King St. N. 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