BWW Reviews: British Wit Abound in Bad Habit Productions' THE REAL THING

The cast did a fine job of tackling this highly British show, which is no small feat, both because of the challenge that comes with the wit and dryness of British humor and because of the accent work. I get nervous whenever I read that a play is set in the United Kingdom as I'm pretty critical when it comes to accents, and that criticism applies tenfold with the accent in question is British. But this cast did fairly well with the dialect, particularly the ladies. I was quite impressed with the main pair, Bob Mussett and Courtland Jones. Mussett played Henry, a frustrated, but romantic playwright who struggles with what constitutes as real art and, later, what constitutes as real love. Mussett presented the role with a lovely twinkle in his eye, coming across almost as an academic and studious Hugh Grant type. Jones, on the other hand, played his lover and then wife with a blazing fire, rather than a twinkle. She spend most of her time rolling her eyes, but somehow managed to remain incredibly likable, even through arguments and infidelity. The pair, and their tumultuous yet endearing relationship, were a joy to watch.