Everyman's wanting praise, or otherwise he'll initiate a performance (10)
I believe the answer is:
impresario
'he'll initiate a performance' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'everyman's wanting praise or otherwise' is the wordplay.
'everyman's' becomes 'I'm' (where the crossword setter is 'Everyman').
'wanting' says to put letters next to each other.
'otherwise' is an anagram indicator.
'praise'+'or'='praiseor'
'praiseor' anagrammed gives 'presario'.
'im'+'presario'='IMPRESARIO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for impresario that I've seen before include "Theatre promoter" , "Producer of performing arts" , "Theatrical entrepreneur" , "Organiser of musical events etc" , "theatre director" .)