What We Do
The Chicago Talent Center focuses on connecting
clients with performers for live appearances. While we do partner
with other vendors to handle event management on a regular basis, and will
do the same for you if you like, we're perfectly happy to stay in the
background, too. We started out as booking agents, and it's still
our core business. If the only thing you're missing is the
entertainment, drop us a line.
We've developed decades' worth of connections in the entertainment
business. Whether you're looking for torch singer or a comedian, a
magician or a folksinger, chances are we know someone who will be just
right.
Acts come with a wide range of prices. For example, a smooth and
seasoned comedian who can do a clean -- but very funny -- show is going to
cost quite a bit more than an ordinary nightclub act. The old pros
learned their chops in the nightclubs; and now, with experience, they've
learned to handle more sophisticated venues. They don't need potty
humor or sexual innuendo to get big laughs.
But what if you're just planning a comedy night in a local bar?
Chances are your audience will be just as tolerant as a comedy nightclub
crowd, and there's no reason not to hire a nightclub comedian. Why
spring for the more polished and more expensive act when your audience
would be equally delighted with a show that's a little bit naughty?
Pleasing the audience
is the thing that matters, and if the show doesn't have to be all that
clean, then a nightclub comedian is just the ticket. We'd advise you
to save yourself a few bucks.
On the other end, if you
were planning a corporate Christmas party, we'd turn around and advise you
not to lowball it. The audience at a company party has rather
more tender sensibilities than a bar crowd does, and a raunchy nightclub
act wouldn't be the way to go.
And that's the name of the game. Tell us what your needs are, what
the situation will be, who will be in the audience and what your budget
is. We'll come back to you with a proposal, and we'll get it right.
We've been doing this a long time. |