Broadway Stars BROADWAYSTARS

Set on a Metra train, Amicable picks up steam as it chugs along

by Dan Jakes

Thankfully, the plot and performances become more compelling halfway through. Ross Compton's world premiere one-act dramedy ends as a wholly different play than the one it starts as, and that's for the better. What begins as a perfunctory mash-up of staple theater school writing exercises"The Park Bench Play, The Existential Limbo Play, The Male Playwright's The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on May 15, 2019