Elizabeth Swados, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elizabeth Swados

American composer

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1951

Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States

Date of Death: 05-Jan-2016

Profession: writer, composer, professor, musician, songwriter, lyricist, choreographer, theater director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Elizabeth Swados (February 5, 1951 – January 5, 2016) 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.