Roger Berlind

Roger Berlind

Roger S. Berlind (born 1931) is a New York City theatrical producer and director of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. He was one of the founders of Carter, Berlind, Potoma & Weill in 1960, a company that would later through Sandy Weill become Shearson Loeb Rhoades, which was eventually sold to American Express in 1981 for approximately $930 million in stock.

Education

He attended Princeton University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1954.

Theatrical career

His theatrical producing career began in 1976. Since then, he has produced or co-produced more than forty plays and musicals on Broadway and many off-Broadway and regional theatre productions as well. His Broadway productions have won numerous Tony Awards. Among them are "Amadeus", "Nine", "Long Day's Journey Into Night", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Guys and Dolls", "Hamlet", "Passion", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Copenhagen", "Kiss Me, Kate", "Proof", the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Anna in the Tropics", the 2004 revival of "Wonderful Town", "Curtains", and "Deuce".

In 2003, the 360-seat Roger S. Berlind Theatre opened in the McCarter Theatre Center at Princeton University.

External links

* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=23702 Internet Broadway Database: Roger Berlind Credits on Broadway]
* [http://www.lehman.com/who/bios/board_directors.htm Lehman Brothers - Board of Directors]
* [http://judiciary.senate.gov/print_testimony.cfm?id=1160&wit_id=3352 Testimony of Roger S. Berlind on behalf of the League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc.]
* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=29060 Person Tearsheet]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/ethics/levitt.htm Washingtonpost.com: The Ethics Squeeze]


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