Stacey D'Erasmo

As readers, we sense when the game is being played for real and when something else is afoot: pride, showmanship, the pursuit of power, self-aggrandizement, revenge, making money. Not that there's anything wrong with any of that, but I dislike closing a book with the sense that I've been had.

American Novelist

Lukas Foss

Personality is essential. It is in every work of art. When someone walks on stage for a performance and has charisma, everyone is convinced that he has personality. I find that charisma is merely a form of showmanship. Movie stars usually have it. A politician has to have it.

German Composer

Martie Maguire

I grew up going to bluegrass festivals, and there were performers who got on stage and didn't say much. They would stand there, stone-faced, picking. I could appreciate that, but it taught me that a little showmanship and some personality adds so much to a performance.

American Musician

Neil Postman

Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands of good showmanship.

American Author

Vince Neil

Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don't look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.

Mauro Ranallo

I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.

Canadian Entertainer

Dwayne Johnson

I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.

American Actor

Bruno Sammartino

In the old days wrestling had a certain showmanship. All those people paid their dues. They knew how to wrestle.

Italian Wrestler

Douglas Brinkley

The superhighway of celebrity and showmanship is filled with debris.

Roy Nelson

I guess there's a showmanship in fighting.

American Athlete

Showmanship relates to how well someone can entertain and captivate an audience, often beyond just talent.

Entertainment Focus

While showmanship is key in performances, it's also applicable where engaging presentation is important.

Not Just For Shows

Showmanship involves a flair that makes something ordinary look extraordinary; it's about the 'wow' factor.

Beyond Skills

 is yes. I grew up watching professional wrestling with my dad. And like him, I loved everything about the showmanship, the athletic skill, the drama. I'd be this little boy, bouncing all over our living room,

A pro wrestler's guide...

 He returned home a gifted surgeon with a passion for anatomy and a penchant for showmanship. He gleefully entered public anatomy contests, eager to show up his fellow physicians. In one demonstration,

Ancient Rome’s most...

 competitors a few cows and calves scramble out the ice and into the water but showmanship won't win the fight someone has to make the first push it's a scrum as every Tusker shoves his way