Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
24
Gender
Female
Birthday
1951-02-05
Day of Death
2016-01-05 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Buffalo, NY
Also Known As
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.
