1. Elizabeth Swados was an American writer, composer, musician, choreographer, and theatre director.
16 Facts About Elizabeth Swados
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Elizabeth Swados 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.
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Elizabeth Swados was born on February 5,1951, in Buffalo, New York.
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Elizabeth Swados's father, Robert O Swados, was a successful attorney who helped Seymour H Knox III establish the National Hockey League Buffalo Sabres.
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Elizabeth Swados had depression, which she discussed in her book, My Depression: A Picture Book, which was published by Seven Stories Press in 2014.
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Elizabeth Swados died on January 5,2016, from complications following surgery early the previous year for esophageal cancer.
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Elizabeth Swados studied music and creative writing at Bennington College in Vermont, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973.
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Elizabeth Swados was profiled by filmmaker Linda Feferman in the 1977 short documentary The Girl with the Incredible Feeling, a title drawn from a 1975 children's book which she wrote and illustrated.
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In 1984, Elizabeth Swados composed the music for Garry Trudeau's satirical musical Rap Master Ronnie.
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Elizabeth Swados composed music for film and television, and performed live at Carnegie Hall.
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Elizabeth Swados made guest appearances in eleven soap operas, four on ABC Daytime, three on NBC Daytime and four on CBS Daytime.
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Elizabeth Swados published three novels, three non-fiction books, and nine children's books.
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Elizabeth Swados was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Ford Fellowship, a Covenant Foundation Grant, an International PEN Citation, a Cine Award, and a Mira Award, among others.
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Elizabeth Swados taught in the drama department at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and at The New School's Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts as a visiting artist.
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Elizabeth Swados's articles were published in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, O, and numerous other publications.
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Elizabeth Swados provided the music for Lane's acting debut in Andrei Serban's 1972 production of Medea, and collaborated with the actress again on Runaways.