JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, ROB PRINZ sent a ripple through the agency ranks when he and fellow agent/wife Nikki Wheeler bolted from United Talent Agency — whose music department the two co-founded in 2001 — to join Steve Levine at ICM Partners, overseeing the company’s growing concerts department. Making the move with them were several longtime acts, including Celine Dion, Bob Seger and Jerry Seinfeld.
Prinz and Levine now lead a team of 35 agents in New York and Los Angeles, booking more than 400 clients such as Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Barry Gibb, Fifth Harmony, Kamasi Washington and Kristin Chenoweth. The department also oversees the touring business of many top comedians, including Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Ellen Degeneres and Jay Leno, and in the…
