Todd Haimes

**Bernard Todd Haimes** (7 ga Mayu, 1956 - 19 ga Afrilu, 2023) ya kasance darektan zane-zane na Amurka. Ya rike matsayi daban-daban a Kamfanin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Roundabout daga 1983 har zuwa mutuwarsa a 2023 .  An san Haimes ne don ceton kamfanin daga fatarar kuɗi da kuma canza gidan wasan kwaikwayon zuwa ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu a Amurka.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
Haimes ya yi wasa a wasa daya tun yana yaro, amma ya rasa sha'awar yin wasan kwaikwayo kuma ya yanke shawarar ɗaukar nauyin gudanarwa da gidan wasan kwaikwayo. Ya sami digiri na farko daga Jami'ar Pennsylvania da MBA daga Jami'an Yale kuma yana cikin shekara ta farko a Yale lokacin da Roundabout ta hayar shi, kawai don samun kuri'ar kwamitin don rufe makonni biyu bayan haka.

## Ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo

### Kamfanin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Roundabout
A shekara ta 1983, Haimes ya shiga kamfanin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Roundabout a matsayin manajan darektan. A cikin shekaru 40 masu zuwa, Haimes ya girma Roundabout daga karamin sararin samaniya zuwa ɗayan manyan kamfanonin wasan kwaikwayo na Amurka marasa riba ciki har da ƙaurawar kamfanin zuwa Times Square da maido da abin da ke yanzu gidan wasan kwaikwayo na American Airlines da Studio 54 . [1][2] A shekara ta 2007, Haimes ya sami kunshin diyya na sama da $ 500,000, wanda ya sanya shi daya daga cikin adadi mafi girma a cikin duniyar wasan kwaikwayo ba don riba ba.

Lokacin da Haimes ya zama manajan darektan, kamfanin ya riga ya ayyana fatarar kuɗi a 1978 kuma an ɗora shi da bashin kusan dala miliyan 2.5. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan isowar Haimes, hukumar ta yanke shawarar dakatar da ayyukan kamfanin. A cikin watan farko a matsayin sabon shugaban, bai sami wani biyan kuɗi ba. Bugu da ƙari, lokacin da kamfanin bai iya samun mai ba da saƙo ba, sai ya yi amfani da katin kiredit dinsa don biyan shi. A cewar wani memba na kwamitin, Haimes ya aiwatar da matakan da ake tsammani na rage yawan ma'aikatan, daukar ma'aikata masu ƙwarewa da ƙwarewa, da haɓaka roƙon gidan wasan kwaikwayo ga masu biyan kuɗi. A sakamakon kokarinsa, ya sami nasarar juya kasafin kudin shekara-shekara na kamfanin a cikin shekara ta farko  kuma ya rage rashi na dala miliyan 2.4 da dala miliyan 1.6 a cikin shekaru biyar.  A karkashin jagorancinsa, tushen kamfanin ya karu daga kusan 18,000 a 1991 zuwa sama da 30,000 a 1996.

A shekara ta 1989, Haimes ya ɗauki matsayin darektan fasaha, matsayin da ya bayyana cewa bai gamsu da shi ba kamar yadda ya ga kansa a matsayin mai samarwa kuma bai yi imani da cewa "ya sanye shi ba ko kuma yana da alhakin tsoma baki a cikin maimaitawa da tsarin kirkira". A lokacin mulkinsa, ya fadada mayar da hankali ga Roundabout don haɗawa da ayyukan gargajiya daga masu daraja kamar Bernard Shaw, Henrik Ibsen, da Shakespeare, da kuma farfado da masanan zamani kamar Brian Friel, Harold Pinter, da Tom Stoppard. Bugu da ƙari, Roundabout ya kuma samar da dandamali ga masu rubutun wasan kwaikwayo masu tasowa kamar Martin McDonagh ("Skull in Connemara," 2001) da Richard Greenberg ("The ," 2002) a kan ƙananan matakai. Shi ne na farko da ya gabatar da kiɗa a cikin repertoire na kamfanin ciki har da farfadowar Broadway ta farko ta She Loves Me .    Wannan ci gaban ya taimaka wa gidan wasan kwaikwayon ya fito daga fatarar kuɗi, ya koma Broadway kuma ya faɗaɗa cikin abin da zai zama wuraren wasan kwaikwayo guda biyar ciki har da Roundabout Underground .    An rubuta ci gaban a cikin fim din 2016 A Roundabout Road to Broadway .  A farkon 2023, wannan ya haɗa da haya na kasuwanci na farko na gidan wasan kwaikwayo na American Airlines .  Haimes ya zama babban jami'in kamfanin a shekarar 2015.

### Sauran kokarin
A watan Satumbar 1998, Roy Furman da Michael Ovitz sun hayar da Haimes don ɗaukar matsayin darektan fasaha a Livent, babban kamfanin wasan kwaikwayo da aka sani da samar da kayan aiki. A lokacin, kamfanin ya fuskanci matsalolin kudi saboda zargin kashe kudi da yawa daga masu kafa shi, Garth Drabinsky da Myron Gottlieb. Kamfanin ya daskare tun watan Agusta, kuma masu hannun jari sun shigar da karar da aka shigar a kansa.

Kafin ya fara dogon aikinsa a Roundabout, ya kasance janar manajan a Stamford, Kamfanin Harman Theater na Connecticut da kuma manajan darektan a Westport Country Playhouse. 

Baya ga aikinsa a Roundabout, Haimes ya kasance shugaban kasa kuma memba na kwamitin a Art / New York kuma ya kasance memba na Kwamitin Zartarwa na Broadway League. Ya koyar da gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo a Yale da Kwalejin Brooklyn kuma ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga shirin wasan kwaikwayo na Kwalejin Hunter.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Haimes ta auri likitan ƙwaƙwalwa Alison Bender Haimes a shekarar 1982. Ma'auratan sun hadu yayin da suke aiki a Jami'ar Pennsylvania .  Yana da ɗa, Andrew, da 'yar, Hilary.

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2002, an gano Haimes da sarcoma na jaw. Daga baya aka yi masa tiyata don maye gurbin ƙashinsa na dama da ƙashi daga maraƙin sa, hanyar da aka bi watanni na chemotherapy.

## Kyaututtuka, yabo, da gado

* Lucille Lortel Kyakkyawan Ayyukan Rayuwa (2013)  

* Kamfanin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Roundabout ya ba da sanarwar a watan Yunin 2023 cewa za a sake sunan gidan wasan kwaikwayo ya Amurka na Broadway don Haimes daga baya a wannan shekarar. An bayyana sabon marquee a ranar 31 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2024.

## Mutuwa
Haimes ya mutu ne daga matsalolin da suka shafi osteosarcoma, wanda aka gano shi tun 2002, a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 2023, yana da shekaru 66 a garinsu, Birnin New York.

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