Career
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Kasha began his Broadway career as a production assistant for Silk Stockings in 1955. Kasha had directed a season of summer stock productions at the Colonie Summer Theatre in Latham, New York in 1959, but his first major directing assignment came in 1962 with Guys and Dolls and The Most Happy Fella at the O"Keefe Center in Toronto. Three years later he returned to London to direct Ginger Rogers in Mame.
In 1978, Kasha adapted the 1954 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers for the stage.
Although the national tour, which he also produced and directed, was a critical and commercial success, the 1982 Broadway staging proved to be a flop, closing after fifteen previews and five performances. Kasha"s playwriting credits include The Pirate (1968), Where Have You Been, Billy Boy (1969), and Heaven Sent (1978).
Kasha served as producer for the television series Busting Loose, Komedy Tonite, and Knots Landing. He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Li"l Abner (1956), director Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1961) director Camelot (1964), director Cactus Flower (1968), director The Star-Spangled Girl (1968), director 1981 Tony Award for Best Musical (Woman of the Year, nominee).