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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.
Awards & recognition
- Ad honorem
- Drama Desk Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Outer Critics Circle Award
- Tony Award — Best Original Score · 1978 · nominated
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- Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical · 1978 · nominated
Filmography5 titles
The Killing Floor
1984Original Music Composer
1984Original Music Composer
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
2014Director, Musical, Original Story, Screenplay
2014Director, Musical, Original Story, Screenplay
Rappaccini's Daughter
1980Music
1980Music
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998Original Music Composer
1998Original Music Composer
Seize the Day
1986Original Music Composer
1986Original Music Composer