Elizabeth Swados

Elizabeth Swados

  • Birthday: 1951-02-05
  • Deathday: 2016-01-05
  • Place of birth: Buffalo, NY

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

Production

Seize the Day

1986

As Original Music Composer

Four Friends

1981

As Original Music Composer

The Killing Floor

1984

As Music

The Cosmic Eye

1986

As Music

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

1998

As Original Music Composer

OHMS

1980

As Music

Too Far to Go

1979

As Music

Family Sins

1987

As Music

King of America

1982

As Music

Rappaccini's Daughter

1980

As Music

Barn Burning

1980

As Music

Alice at the Palace

1982

As Music

Alice at the Palace

1982

As Songs

Guests of the Nation

1981

As Music

Alice at the Palace

1982

As Theatre Play

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