Elizabeth Swados
Elizabeth Swados was an American writer, composer, musician, and theatre director. Swados received Tony Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Choreography. She was nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Lyrics, and Outstanding Music, and won an Obie Award for her direction of 'Runaways' in 1978. In 1980, the Hobart and William Smith Colleges awarded her an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters.
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1951-02-05 · Buffalo, NY
- Died
- 2016-01-05
Known for
- Four Friends (1981) — Original Music Composer
- Seize the Day (1986) — Original Music Composer
- The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998) — Original Music Composer
- American Playhouse (1982) — Original Music Composer
- Barn Burning (1980) — Music
- The Cosmic Eye (1986) — Original Music Composer
- My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) (2014) — Director
- Rappaccini's Daughter (1980) — Music
- Alice at the Palace (1982) — Theatre Play
- Too Far to Go (1979) — Music
- The Killing Floor (1984) — Original Music Composer
- Family Sins (1987) — Music
- Brook by Brook (2002) — Self
- OHMS (1980) — Music
- King of America (1982) — Music
- Guests of the Nation (1981) — Music