Elizabeth Swados

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1951-02-05

Deathday 2016-01-05 (64 years old)

Place of Birth Buffalo, NY

Elizabeth Swados

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.

Known For

Sound

1998
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

as Original Music Composer

1987
Family Sins

as Music

1986
The Cosmic Eye

as Original Music Composer

1986
Seize the Day

as Original Music Composer

1984
1982
1982
1982
1981
Four Friends

as Original Music Composer

1980
Barn Burning

as Music

1980
OHMS

as Music

1979
Too Far to Go

as Music