impresario

Synonyms:

promoter, showman

Examples:

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Phineas Taylor Barnum

United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891)

William Frederick Cody

United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)

Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev

Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)

Richard D'Oyly Carte

English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)

Solomon Hurok

United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974)

Charles Ringling

United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926)

Types:

exhibitioner, exhibitor, shower

someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

organ-grinder

a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy

porn merchant, pornographer

someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores

Type of:

booker, booking agent

someone who engages a person or company for performances