Elizabeth Swados
- Writing
- February 5, 1951 · Buffalo, NY
- January 5, 2016
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
Filmography
- My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) · Director, Story
- Brook by Brook · Self
- The Adventures of Sebastian Cole · Music
- MaMa's Pushcart
- Family Sins · Music
- Seize the Day · Music
- The Cosmic Eye · Music
- The Killing Floor · Music
- King of America · Music
- Alice at the Palace · Theatre Play, Music
- American Playhouse · Music
- Four Friends · Music
- The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories · Music
- Guests of the Nation · Music
- Barn Burning · Music
- OHMS · Music
- Rappaccini's Daughter · Music
- Too Far to Go · Music
- The Girl with the Incredible Feeling · Self, Writer