Exclusive: Broadway casting director Duncan Stewart, whose big-name clients include the Tony-winning Hadestown, the new Life of Pi and the acclaimed The Great Comet of 1812, is dissolving his Stewart/Whitley agency after 14 years to head up the new casting arm of global live event company Rws Entertainment Group.
Rws’ new casting division will be called Arc, and will mine talent for theater, film, television and commercial projects. With the establishment of Arc, Rws’ old casting division, Binder Casting, will, like Stewart/Whitley, dissolve.
Stewart co-founded Stewart/Whitley with Benton Whitley in 2009. Whitley has not yet announced his plans.
The new venture was announced today by Rws. Arc will be based in New York and London.
Stewart, along with casting directors and associates from both Stewart/Whitley and Binder, will maintain current clients of both agencies, including Life of Pi, long-running shows Disney’s The Lion King and Chicago the Musical,...
Rws’ new casting division will be called Arc, and will mine talent for theater, film, television and commercial projects. With the establishment of Arc, Rws’ old casting division, Binder Casting, will, like Stewart/Whitley, dissolve.
Stewart co-founded Stewart/Whitley with Benton Whitley in 2009. Whitley has not yet announced his plans.
The new venture was announced today by Rws. Arc will be based in New York and London.
Stewart, along with casting directors and associates from both Stewart/Whitley and Binder, will maintain current clients of both agencies, including Life of Pi, long-running shows Disney’s The Lion King and Chicago the Musical,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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