Chris Highland had been at Paradigm since early last year and before that spent seven years at Gersh. He joins UTA‘s New York office as a talent agent covering theater as well as TV and film. His client list includes Victor Garber, Josh Hamilton, Adam Rothenberg, Patina Miller, Aya Cash and Dagmara Dominczyk among others. The move follows the addition of theater rep Mark Subias’ move there in April, and is part of the agency’s NY push to boost its legit business in Broadway, off-Broadway, regional and London theater.

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