How fitting that a memorial honoring the late composer, Elizabeth Swados, who went from off off Broadway to Broadway should be held held at the one place she always felt was her creative home and the community of artists friends and family be it here at La MaMa or up the street at the Public Theater was so right. It is also personal for me . Liz was a lesbian in a long term relationship. The theater historically had been a place where lesbians and gay men had led two lives the public and the private. But Liz Swados never did. Nor did she fall into the sinkhole of identity politics. . She simply was a whole creative person. No double life. She once said to me that being whole in public and private is the center of her creativity. Condolences to Roz, lawyer extraordinaire and long term partner .You are are not alone in your loss .. all of us are grateful for her presence in our lives and will honor her as an artist and to many of us as a friend.
When we die what we leave as our work and passion is what is remembered .
Thank you LIz Swados for a live of creativity and a legacy of indelible work,
When we die what we leave as our work and passion is what is remembered .
Thank you LIz Swados for a live of creativity and a legacy of indelible work,
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