I actually wonder if the problems with the Iranian-American journalist were in large part with the actress (though I take your point about the change in clothing, I can also see how it could come out of the story). I've seen that actress before and disliked her performance then as well.

I loved the play while watching it, and am glad I saw it. And I don't think (for me at least) that it made me like Fallaci more than is appropriate. My big concern is about inventing a fictional character to balance an historical one, and especially inventing a very marginalized fictional character to balance a relatively privileged historical one.