Best commercial agency in New York?

[Car]

Who? Why? What have your experiences been?

Most people in the Improv scene seem to be with Ingber or CED, and some with Buchwald. What makes one better than another?

 

[PairOfSox]

Can we also ad Commercial Print to the list?

Can people just give their opinion about agents, or what sort of experiences they had? Also why do you feel a particular agent is the best, aside from reputation.

Any thoughts on Abrams?

 

[AdriB]

PairofSox- I used to be an assistant at abrams in the commercial department. I don't really want to post all the plus/minus stuff about them, but if you have any questions, you can email me privately.
Berrebbi- I think there are a bunch of factors that determine what makes an agency good or bad for each individual. It's hard to say that one agency is better than another. The most important things with commercial agencies are 1)Relationship between agent and actor, and 2)relationship between agent and casting director. If you are with an agent, ask them which casting peeps they work with. Beth Melsky is a BIG one (even though she is...not so nice). It's good to have an agent that gets along with her. Agents will always pay a helluva lot more attention to signed clients, so that's another thing to consider. I guess this is sort of general, but I just think each experience is diffrent.

 

[El Jefe]

I don't have an agent, but Paradigm has been good to me.

 

[McLepton]

Someone please email CED and tell them they're number one agency, as voted by an IRC poll!