He didn't make the leap from accordion-playing street performer to one of the world's most influential and powerful entertainment impresarios by setting his sights low.
But then, tiring of the producer's role, Gielgud was diverted by Binkie Beaumont, who was about to become the most powerful of London impresarios, into a Dodie Smith drawing-room romance.
PS 04 (=04) Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Impresario The most powerful theatrical producer alive, Mackintosh, 59, has produced, branded and sold mega-musicals worldwide including Cats, Les Misérables and Mary Poppins.
"I attend night classes," she says, adding carefully: "And they go very well, thank you". Lillian not only gets the job but doubles as the mistress both of Meyer, the Goldfadn's lead actor, and its impresario, Reuben, his powerful father.
Benjamin Franklin Keith, (born Jan . 26 , 1846Hillsboro, N.H., U.S. died March 26 , 1914 Palm Beach, Fla ., American impresario who founded the most powerful circuit of theatres in vaudeville history.
Speculation that the boyband – now on the cusp of middle age – were to split up came after the Nikkan Sports newspaper reported that four of its five members had decided to leave Johnny and Associates, the powerful talent agency headed by the octogenarian pop impresario Johnny Kitagawa.
Don Henley is turning up the heat in his bitter legal dispute with Geffen Records, charging that entertainment impresario David Geffen conspired with other powerful record corporations to blackball the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter.
3 (16) Cameron Mackintosh; Impresario Topped 'The Stage' 100, the industry list of the most powerful figures in UK theatre, for the fourth time.
Alan Bennett, Writer Cameron Mackintosh, Impresario The New York Times called him "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world".
From offbeat artists like stoner-friendly Seanfromtexas and macabre Cris Cleen, to abstract expressionists like Amanda Wachob and Gene Coffey, to minimalists like stick n' poke impresario Rachel Howe and Curtis Montgomery, who's infamous for his raunchy work, these tattoo artists turn likes and follows into a powerful personal brand.
