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Its a risky thing to build a play around a list, especially a long list.
Phillips is himself a director, as well as a designer, writer, and performer.
Laws of travel are strange, archaic, and obfuscatory.
Phillipss show is informative (Hey, did you know that Henry V invented the passport?
), but its not cumulative.
It tells, but it doesnt build or reveal.
The difference between Heidi Schreck and Phillips is that the latter isnt risking anything.
17 Border Crossingsis at New York Theatre Workshop through May 12.
