In Forgotten Musicals on Facebook, someone mentioned Diana Canova playing Sally in Follies at LACC (she was terrific) and making Sally seem like a Tennessee Williams' character. Two which some woman enters the discussion saying, "I never saw a Sondheim woman who wasn't." I made a one sentence response, to wit, "Sondheim didn't create Sally, James Goldman created her." She retorts let's not fight it's just an opinion OKAY, then adds give it a rest. I respond in kind and basically say it's NOT an opinion that James Goldman created the character of Sally, it's a fact. Sondheim embellished the character through his words and music, but there would have been no character to musicalize and give lyrics to without Mr. Goldman. She can't stop and replies that I got her name wrong (it's a weird first name that looks like DeeDee at first glance) and to not shove my opinion down her throat.
My temptation was to retort I can't think of anything more nauseating than shoving something down your throat, but I didn't. I simply replied that once again I wasn't offering an opinion, I was offering a simple fact and that it is she who should give it a rest. I said I didn't know who she was - but then I Googled her - and guess what? She was in the off-B'way production of something called The Last Starfighter, and she also did it at NYMF - yes, NYMF, where I played the role originally played by Bill Parry - yes, we shared a stage, old DeeGee Brandemour and I. Freddie, this woman is very foolish. I told her to block me if she doesn't like facts. Funny stuff. Freddie, you should chime in, just for fun, of course.
