How does one deal with an ailing parent? This is the vital issue asked in Broke-Ology, Nathan Louis Jackson's slow starting but promising rookie New York effort.
It deals with a poor Kansas City family, and the two sons who return home to care for their termenally ill father. It asks important questions about loyalty,and the limit that one should go to care for a parent,and if Mr. Jackson dosen't resolve all of his issues, he has written a play that is engrossing, even if it is rough around the edges.
So, even with it's problems, Brook-Ology was worth doing and Mr. Jackson is a playwright worth watching.It's staging and acting are of a very high order,and it is worth seeing.
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Unfortunately, care for an elderly parent has become a common theme recently. I was particularly impressed with the Linney-Hoffman movie that came out two years ago, "The Savages."
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