Broadway could have a prominent new power-producer in Mark Subias, after his exit as UTA agent

https://deadline.com/2023/02/mark-subias-uta-agency-smuggler-production-company-1235263380/

Mark Subias was a prominent, ruthless agent for clients ranging from authors & directors (Ivo Van Hove, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, David Cromer, Lila Neugebauer) to actors (Cynthia Erivo, Bryan Cranston, Kevin Kline, Steven Pasquale). You'll remember his altercation with Scott Rudin, as told in the NYT.

He has left his longtime agency, UTA, to become Managing Partner of Smuggler Management. "He’ll be tasked with guiding the careers of a select roster of artists (to be announced) and working closely with his former colleagues and the industry at large... Subias also will be developing and producing projects across theater, TV and film for the company." Smuggler was founded in 2002 by producers Patrick Milling-Smith and Brian Carmody.

This is a natural step for someone who has spent much of his career packaging projects and unofficially "armchair producing" shows, so will be interesting to see how his role here plays out if he indeed gets into the Bway producing arena.

Updated On: 2/17/23 at 03:40 PM

Character or not, he stood up to someone no one else would, so I already like him.

Wait until the story about why he "exited" comes out. #timesup #rudinreincarnate

oh yeah i know atleast two people who found different reps because of this behavoir

I’m interested to learn what went down (as many others are, I’m sure).

This guy is Todd Almond’s husband, right? And Todd seems like a good, unassuming person. I guess opposites really do attract.