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
American Playhouse
1984
Seize the Day
1986
Four Friends
1981
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
2014
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
Alice at the Palace
1982
The Killing Floor
1984
Too Far to Go
1979
Brook by Brook
2002
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981
Guests of the Nation
1981
OHMS
1980
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
3
Directing
1
Writing
5
Sound
17