Agency West Forms New Division for Live Productions; Prolific Playwright David E. Talbert Signed as First Client of New Unit.Business/Entertainment Editors HOLLYWOOD Hollywood. 1 Community within the city of Los Angeles, S Calif., on the slopes of the Santa Monica Mts.; inc. 1903, consolidated with Los Angeles 1910. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2001 Agency West is forming a new division, Agency West Live, to better serve the growing needs of the urban entertainment marketplace. The unit's mandate is to develop and package quality entertainment in the live format. The announcement of the new business arm was made today by Agency West President Holly Davis-Carter. Davis-Carter also announced playwright and producer David E. Talbert's signing as the first client of Agency West Live. "This new division will enable us to better leverage the opportunities we have identified for creating original live entertainment, from stageplays to concerts," said Davis-Carter. "As a leader in urban entertainment, the new group will advance our core objective to develop and package live product that consistently places Agency West's clients among the leaders in every segment of the industry." With the addition of David E. Talbert, Agency West Live is positioned as a major producer of high-profile live entertainment. Heralded by The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). as "one of the most prolific theater makers in America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. ," Talbert has created nine wildly popular national stageplays in the last ten years, garnering multiple NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Theater Award nominations. Since 1991, more than 2 million theater-goers have experienced his live productions in sold-out performances across the nation. Founded in 1995, Agency West is the premiere African American-owned talent in Hollywood. Agency West has emerged as an industry leader in the theatrical representation of urban musical artists transitioning into television, film and new media. The mission of Agency West is to provide strategic direction and representation to its diverse roster of film, television and music clients, including Master P, Usher USHER. This word is said to be derived from a huissier, and is the name of an inferior officer in some English courts of law Archb. Pr. 25. , Lil Romeo, Deborah Cox and Donnie McClurkin Donnie McClurkin (born November 9, 1959) is a Grammy Award winning American gospel singer and minister. Early years McClurkin was born and raised in Amityville, New York. , among others. |
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