|
Curtain Call is a unique entertainment series created especially for Retirement Communities or areas with a large retirement age population. Curtain call provides shows the audiences like -- at a price they are willing to pay -- with the convenience of smaller venues close to home.
Curtain Call started in 2005 when the new Mesa Arts Center wanted a series to provide shows of interest to their extensive retired population. Past projects at Sun City West had demonstrated a similar need there. The first season’s line up included Ethel Merman’s Broadway starring Rita McKenzie, Mexico’s Three Tenors, Glenn Yarbrough, Unforgettable – The Nat King Cole Story, and In The Mood – a 1940’s Musical. The result was an overwhelming success. Most performances played to capacity audiences.
The following year saw Curtain Call expand to four cities, and now in the 2007~08 season it runs in eight different locations. Each new market means better acts without raising prices or increasing the size of the venues.
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN:
|
|
|
|
|
JERRY LONN (President) has been in the entertainment and promotion business for 50 years. Prior to taking over Northwest Releasing in Seattle, then one of the countries best established concert presenters, he served as advertising manager of the Bardahl Oil Company, the promotion director of the Seattle Totems Hockey Club and the King Broadcasting Company, organized employee activities at the Seattle Worlds Fair, and ran his own advertising and public relations firm. As president of Northwest Releasing, he operated two theatres, four ticket offices, and promoted regularly in 15 cities in the western United States and Canada, establishing a subscription series in five cities and presenting over 250 evenings of entertainment annually. In his current company’s theatrical division, Encore Attractions, he has produced and/or general managed touring Broadway shows including tours of Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby, La Cage Aux Folles, Camelot starring British actor James Warwick, Nunsense II, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Zorba featuring Canadian film star Elias Zarou, Bye Bye Birdie starring the late Troy Donahue, and two companies of A Chorus Line in Hawaii. He also produced tours of Master Class, Mahalia, Unforgettable - The Nat King Cole Story, Jammin’ with Pops, and Stand By Your Man - the Tammy Wynette Story. |
|
|
|
|
GINNY LONN (Office Manager) joined Encore Attractions fourteen years ago. With an extensive background in office management and accounting, she quickly adapted to the theatrical world taking over all of those areas within the company. Her duties also include the processing of most contracts, distribution of publicity and arrangements for interviews. Prior to her first venture in show business Ginny was the assistant to a private investor in Seattle and the office manager of a large law firm in Portland. |
|
|
|
|
BOB D'ANGELO (Associate) In a varied career that began in the early 1960’s Robert D’Angelo has worked in almost every aspect of entertainment presentation and production, from performer to producer, from production manager to performing arts center manager. He is familiar with all aspects of presenting, producing and touring the performing arts and with the operation of the facilities that performers work in. In 2005 D’Angelo retired from his position as President/CEO of the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wisconsin, where he first served as Director of the Madison Civic Center. Prior to coming to Madison D’Angelo served as Director of the Edwin J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall in Akron, Ohio, a 3,000 seat multi-purpose performing arts hall. He was also the CEO of Shea’s Buffalo Center for the Performing Arts in Buffalo, New York, the Tulsa Performing Arts Center during design development, construction and opening and the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center in Fredonia New York.
|
|
