Elizabeth Swados
Born: 1951-02-05 in Buffalo, NY
Died: 2016-01-05
Known For: Writing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2014
- My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) ... (Director)
1998
- The Adventures of Sebastian Cole ... (Original Music Composer)
1988
1987
- Family Sins ... (Music)
1986
- Seize the Day ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Cosmic Eye ... (Original Music Composer)
1984
- The Killing Floor ... (Original Music Composer)
1982
- Alice at the Palace ... (Songs)
- King of America ... (Music)
1981
- Four Friends ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories ... (Original Music Composer)
- Guests of the Nation ... (Music)
1980
- Barn Burning ... (Music)
- OHMS ... (Music)
- Rappaccini's Daughter ... (Music)
1979
- Too Far to Go ... (Music)