Diane Lane Creating New Arts Grant in Memory of Elizabeth Swados – Playbill.com Diane Lane Creating New Arts Grant in Memory of Elizabeth Swados

The grant is being created in partnership with the Ziegfeld Club and will award the recipient $5,000.

“Elizabeth had a force of growth about her that was inspiring to everyone around her,” Lane, who was close to Ms. She was 64.

Read the full obituary here: Elizabeth Swados, Experimental Musical Composer, Dies at 64

The grant winner will reportedly be chosen by a panel that includes Fun Home composer Jeanine Tesori, who recently announced a revival of Swados’ Runaways as part of her final season overseeing Encores!

19 Feb 2014 — Tony Nominee Elizabeth Swados Will Direct GUNS, A Cabaret at 54 Below