as in director
a person who manages a performance (such as a concert or play)
It was the actor's dream to work under the renowned impresario.
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And, as with boy bands three decades later, an entire industry arose to address that market, spearheaded by the likes of pop impresario Don Kirshner and the production duo of Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz, who also named the genre.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2024
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As for Trump, while filming The Celebrity Apprentice 5 in 2012, the reality television host told contestant Aubrey O’Day, who worked for the hip-hop impresario, that Combs was his friend.
—Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
The history of modern dance, art, music, literature, and technology could not be written without mentioning such figures as the composer Igor Stravinsky, the ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev, the novelist Vladimir Nabokov, or the aviator Igor Sikorski.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Kraft compares Coull to famous huckster impresarios like P.T. Barnum, Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland and even Walt Disney.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2024
More:Diddy edited into photo of Kamala Harris and Montel Williams | Fact check
As for Trump, while filming The Celebrity Apprentice 5 in 2012, the reality television host told contestant Aubrey O’Day, who worked for the hip-hop impresario, that Combs was his friend.
—Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
The history of modern dance, art, music, literature, and technology could not be written without mentioning such figures as the composer Igor Stravinsky, the ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev, the novelist Vladimir Nabokov, or the aviator Igor Sikorski.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Kraft compares Coull to famous huckster impresarios like P.T. Barnum, Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland and even Walt Disney.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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