impresario

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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Recent Examples of impresario Comedy stars of our age all gathered under the aegis of America’s greatest living impresario, my boss Lorne Michaels. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025 Framed through a week behind the scenes in Studio 8H, the book follows Michaels’s rise from a 12-year-old summer camp impresario to the ruthless editor who takes his seat in a booth under the SNL audience bleachers during dress rehearsals, critiquing and cutting. Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025 Set to take place at Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens, the service will honor the life and legacy of the influential Hip-Hop impresario. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 11 Feb. 2025 Jury selection started Tuesday in the trial of ASAP Rocky, the hip-hop and fashion impresario, who is accused of firing a gun at a former collaborator near a Hollywood hotel in 2021. Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impresario

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“Impresario.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impresario. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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