Ascension
Anita Gates for the NY TIMES wrote "The 23-year-old Mr. Ruckdashel is making his Off Broadway debut and it is a stunning one. This is partly because he has the intense blond good looks of a young Brad Pitt with a soupçon of James Dean.
But Mr. Ruckdashel's performance is also noteworthy because his Lorenzo vibrates with the smug and nonchalant power of youth. Father Calvin, it appears, is determined to resist him physically, but the odds aren't good. It's not clear who could resist when Lorenzo whispers: 'God's not here now. It's just you and me.'"
Also reviewing the show was Irene Backalenick who wrote "...But it is Brandon Ruckdashel as the young Lorenzo who brings real excitement to the show. (Not for nothing does his name contain the word "dash.") From the moment this beautiful young actor appears, with a Mona Lisa smile and streaked blond hair crossing his face, the play begins to sizzle."
Elyse Sommer of Curtainup called Brandon "a young Leonardo Dicaprio" while Gillian Lockitch of Immediate Theatre pointed out that "Ruckdashel conveyed an almost cruel knowledge of the power that his youthful health and sexual appeal gave him over the priest; whether lounging feline on a chair or taunting Porter with his sexy naked body to betray his vows."
But Mr. Ruckdashel's performance is also noteworthy because his Lorenzo vibrates with the smug and nonchalant power of youth. Father Calvin, it appears, is determined to resist him physically, but the odds aren't good. It's not clear who could resist when Lorenzo whispers: 'God's not here now. It's just you and me.'"
Also reviewing the show was Irene Backalenick who wrote "...But it is Brandon Ruckdashel as the young Lorenzo who brings real excitement to the show. (Not for nothing does his name contain the word "dash.") From the moment this beautiful young actor appears, with a Mona Lisa smile and streaked blond hair crossing his face, the play begins to sizzle."
Elyse Sommer of Curtainup called Brandon "a young Leonardo Dicaprio" while Gillian Lockitch of Immediate Theatre pointed out that "Ruckdashel conveyed an almost cruel knowledge of the power that his youthful health and sexual appeal gave him over the priest; whether lounging feline on a chair or taunting Porter with his sexy naked body to betray his vows."
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