Encore Attractions is a multi-faceted company in the entertainment business. Currently the company is expanding it's Curtain Call series, an annual series of shows targeting the retirement age audience. From a humble beginning in 2005 with shows in two venues, the series has expanded to five shows in seven different markets for the 2007 - 2008 season.

Occasionally, Encore will arrange for star talent to appear at fund raising events for deserving charities. Recent examples is the appearance of The Manhattan Transfer at the Los Angeles Dinner of Champions, and a concert by Wayne Newton in Seattle's Beneroya Hall to benefit Northwest Senior Services.

Encore's Artist Management currently represents Rod McKuen, and From Belle to Broadway featuring Paige O'Hara from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and her husband Michael Piontek.

In recent years the company specialized in producing and touring theatrical productions for mid-sized and smaller markets and theaters. Recent tours of STAND BY YOUR MAN (The Tammy Wynette Story), MY WAY (A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra), JAMMIN' WITH POPS, UNFORGETTABLE (The Nat King Cole Story) and MAHALA are excellent examples of these shows playing in theaters that range in size from 500 to 2,500 seats.



In past years, Encore mounted national tours of ZORBA starring Elias Zarou from Canada’s renowned Stratford Festival, CAMELOT featuring James Warwick, star of the PBS series "Partners in Crime" and AN IDEAL HUSBAND on Broadway, BYE BYE BIRDIE featuring the late Troy Donahue, and Terrance McNally’s Tony Award-winning play MASTER CLASS starring Charlotte Cornwell, formerly with Great Britain’s Royal National Theatre.

THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN:

JERRY LONN (President) has been in the entertainment and promotion business for almost 50 years. Prior to taking over Northwest Releasing, then one of the country's 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 subscription series in five cities and presenting over 250 evenings of entertainment annually. In the 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.

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.

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.