Roger Berlind
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Roger S. Berlind (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 Citigroup, which during some years was the worlds largest company by profits and assets.
[edit] Education
He attended Princeton University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1954. In 2003, the 360-seat Roger S. Berlind Theatre opened in the McCarter Theatre Center at Princeton.
[edit] Theatrical career
His theatrical producing career began in 1976. Since then, he has produced or co-produced over 40 plays and musicals on Broadway and many off-Broadway and regional productions as well. The Broadway productions have won a total of 62 Tony Awards, including 12 for Best Production. Some of these are Amadeus, Nine, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Ain't Misbehavin', Guys and Dolls, Hamlet, Passion (by his friend, Stephen Sondheim), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, also by Steve, Copenhagen, Kiss Me, Kate and Proof. This season (2004), he co-produced the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna in the Tropics and the revival of Wonderful Town.
