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Elizabeth Swados
Buffalo, NY
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…
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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.
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2014
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
Movie Director
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2002
Brook by Brook
Movie Self
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1998
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Movie Original Music Composer
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1988
MaMa's Pushcart
Movie
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1987
Family Sins
Movie Music
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1986
Seize the Day
Movie Original Music Composer
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1986
The Cosmic Eye
Movie Original Music Composer
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1984
The Killing Floor
Movie Original Music Composer
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1982
King of America
Movie Music
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1982
Alice at the Palace
Movie Theatre Play
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show Original Music Composer
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1981
Four Friends
Movie Original Music Composer
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1981
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Movie Original Music Composer
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1981
Guests of the Nation
Movie Music
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1980
Barn Burning
Movie Music
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1980
OHMS
Movie Music
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1980
Rappaccini's Daughter
Movie Music
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1979
Too Far to Go
Movie Music
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1977
The Girl with the Incredible Feeling
Movie Self
