Eliza Ruth Watson as Cass Elliot in “The Best Part of My Life: The ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot Story” at The Footlights Theatre in Falmouth. Photo courtesy of The Footlights Theatre The Footlights Theatre in Falmouth is winding down its summer season with a reprisal of “The Best Part of My Life: The ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot Story,” written and directed by the theater’s executive artistic director, Michael J. Tobin.
The multimedia production is a moving tribute that highlights Cass Elliot’s vocal talents and personality, while dispelling the myths of her life and death. WHAT: “The Best Part of My Life: The “Mama” Cass Elliot Story” WHERE: Footlights Theatre, 190 Route 1, Falmouth REVIEWED: July 24, runs through Aug. 29 (shows at 7 p.
m. Wednesday and Thursday) TICKETS: $20 CONTACT: 747-5434, thefootlightstheatre.com “Mama” Cass Elliot, born Ellen Naomi Cohen on Sept.
19, 1941, was best known as a member of the ’60s folk-rock group The Mamas and the Papas. She died on July 29, 1974, just shy of her 33rd birthday. Her daughter, Owen, was 7 years old.
The music icon commanded a presence with her powerful contralto vocals, larger-than-life personality and full figure. She had a high-profile persona, but who was the woman behind the performer? Even today, misconceptions circulate about her cause of death, incorrectly claiming she choked on a ham sandwich. Footlights’ 85-minute production (with no intermission) celebrates all that Elliot was and offers a revealin.