Background
Swados, Elizabeth A. was born on February 5, 1951 in Buffalo. Daughter of Robert O. and Sylvia (Maisel) Swados.
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Alice in concert
(Full Length Musical Meryl Streep starred as "Alice" at Ne...)
Full Length Musical Meryl Streep starred as "Alice" at New York's Public Theatre. Later aired on PBS, this imaginative rendering of the Lewis Carroll classic is performed concert-style on a bare stage, the actors in modern rehearsal clothes. Stylistically, the music ranges from rock to country/western to calypso, as the outlandish characters of "Wonderland" are reinterpreted in this "story theatre"-type setting. "Ms. Swados' new dramatized cantata...made me think of Carroll very deeply...She magnificently catches most of Carroll's divine nuttiness." - The New York Post
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Listening Out Loud: Becoming a Composer (Harper & Row Series on the Professions)
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Listening Out Loud: Becoming a Composer (Harper & Row Series on the Professions) by Elizabeth Swados (1989-09-01)
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Esther: A Vaudeville Megillah
(Book by Swados, Elizabeth)
Book by Swados, Elizabeth
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The Red Sneaks
(This free wheeling contemporary musical for teens is a lo...)
This free wheeling contemporary musical for teens is a loose adaptation of the The Red Shoes, transposed to today's urban jungle. The allegorical montage of songs, scenes and monologues centers around a welfare hotel resident who is persuaded by a mysterious young drifter to accept a pair of glittery red sneakers. Whoever is wearing them may wish for anything-- and every wish comes true, but the easy way out turns out to be a fast trip to an early death. "The most refreshing thing about The Red Sneaks ... is the chance to hear youths rather than adults talk about the nightmarish pressures of urban life." - The New York Times "Remarkably clear, unsentimental and disturbing.... A gritty little musical that combines pop and rock with more traditional musical comedy." - Associated Press "A most effective contemporary morality play.... The music has real gusto." - New York Post
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- Esther, a Vaudeville Megillah (A Play) (Drama / Anthology)
Elizabeth A. Swados
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts, Bennington College, 1972.
Career
Composer, music director, Peter Brook's International Theatre Group, Paris, Africa, United States, 1972-1973; composer-in-residence, La Mama Experimental Theater Club, New York City, since 1977. Member of faculty Carnegie-Mellon U., 1974, Bard College, 1976-1977, Sarah Lawrence College, 1976-1977.
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Works
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The Red Sneaks
(This free wheeling contemporary musical for teens is a lo...)
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Alice in concert
(Full Length Musical Meryl Streep starred as "Alice" at Ne...)
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Esther: A Vaudeville Megillah
(Book by Swados, Elizabeth)
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Esther, a Vaudeville Megillah (A Play)
(Drama / Anthology)
- Listening Out Loud: Becoming a Composer (Harper & Row Series on the Professions)
- Listening Out Loud: Becoming a Composer (Harper & Row Series on the Professions) by Elizabeth Swados (1989-09-01)
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The Red Sneaks
Membership
Member Broadcast Music Inc., Actors Equity.
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Awards
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Recipient Outer Critics Circle award, 1977. Creative Artists Service Program grantee, 1976. New York State Arts Council playwriting grantee, since 1977. Guggenheim fellowship.Recipient Outer Critics Circle award, 1977. Creative Artists Service Program grantee, 1976. New York State Arts Council playwriting grantee, since 1977.
Guggenheim fellowship.