Elizabeth Swados, Musical Theater Progressive & Composer of Runaways, Dies at 64
Elizabeth Swados, a prolific musical theater artist whose works included the socially charged Runaways, died on January 5 in New York. She was 64. Her death, caused by surgery complications after battling esophageal cancer, was confirmed to the New York Times by her wife, Roz Lichter. Runaways premiered as a cabaret in February 1978 at the Public Theater before moving to Broadway that spring. In addition to writing …