Born Morton Tecosky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, DaCosta began his career as an actor in the Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth starring Tallulah Bankhead in 1942 .
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For the film version, he received Best Director nominations from the Directors Guild of America Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
Alper arranged and conducted several musicals, working with the likes of Stephen Schwartz, Martin Charnin, Todd Rundgren, Morton DaCosta, Charles Strouse, and Don Scardino.
Henry Morton Stanley | Morton Feldman | Morton | Samantha Morton | Morton Smith | Thomas Morton | Morton Subotnick | Morton's The Steakhouse | Morton Salt | Greenock Morton F.C. | Thomas Morton (playwright) | Oliver P. Morton | Morton H. Smith | Morton Grove, Illinois | Marcus Morton | Levi P. Morton | Chet Morton | Tex Morton | Morton Halperin | Morton Grove | Morton Glacier | Morton Deyo | Morton DaCosta | Morton Beiser | Kate Morton | Julius Sterling Morton | John Morton | Colin Morton | William Morton Wheeler | William Morton Fullerton |
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.