Morton DaCosta (March 7, 1914 - January 26, 1989) was an American theatre and film director, film producer, writer, and actor. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (67th in leap years). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...

Born Morton Tecosky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, DaCosta began his career as an actor in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth in 1942. A decade later he made his directing debut with The Grey-Eyed People. Additional Broadway directing credits include Plain and Fancy, No Time for Sergeants, Auntie Mame, The Music Man, Sherry!, The Women, Saratoga, and Maggie Flynn. He also wrote the book for the latter two productions. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Image:Thorntonwilderteeth. ... Image:Thorntonwilderteeth. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Plain and Fancy is a Broadway musical with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, music by Albert Hague, and lyrics by Arnold Horwitt. ... No Time for Sergeants was a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was later adapted into a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture (plus a forgettable 1964 television series). ... Broadway poster Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased fathers eccentric sister. ... This article is about the Broadway musical. ... 2004 studio recording Sherry! is a musical with a book and lyrics by James Lipton and music by Laurence Rosenthal. ... Original film poster The Women is a comedy of manners by Clare Boothe Luce. ... Maggie Flynn is a musical with a book by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss (in collaboration with Morton DaCosta) and music and lyrics by Peretti, Creatore, and Weiss. ...

DaCosta produced and directed the films Auntie Mame (1958), The Music Man (1962), and Island of Love (1963). Auntie Mame is a 1958 film based on the play of the same title, starring Rosalind Russell. ...

The Music Man earned DaCosta Tony and Directors Guild of America Award nominations for Best Director and an Oscar nod for Best Picture. What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... DGA Headquarters in Hollywood, California Directors Guild of America (DGA) is the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

DaCosta died of heart failure in Redding, Connecticut. Redding is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ...

External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing
• Internet Movie database listing