Stars of FOR LOVERS ONLY to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, May 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 Ken Lundie, musical director of the off-Broadway musical, FOR LOVERS
 ONLY, will be joined by the cast and crew to ring the NASDAQ
 Closing Bell.

 FOR LOVERS ONLY opened this past Monday, May 11th at New World Stages.

 Where:
 NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio

 When:
 Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

 Contacts:
 David Gersten
 (212) 575-0263
 david@davidgersten.com

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Robert Madden
 (646) 441-5045 (office)
 Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com

Feed Information:

The Closing Bell is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on AMC-3/C-3 (ul 5985V; dl 3760H). The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Madden at (646) 441-5045.

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the Closing Bell is also available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.

Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx

Photos:

To obtain a high-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.

About FOR LOVERS ONLY:

The rave reviews have been pouring in, led by the Associated Press who exclaimed, "This musical cavalcade is a lot of fun, reminding The Audience that 'Love is a Many-Splendored Thing!'"

Conceived by Nancy Friday, FOR LOVERS ONLY presents a dazzling array of love songs from pop to Puccini, from Broadway and around the world, interspersed through a fast-paced evening, directed and choreographed by Christopher Scott, with musical direction by Ken Lundie. The five-member cast features Glenn Seven Allen, Monica L. Patton, Dominique Plaisant, Trisha Rapier, and Kevin Vortmann.

Performances of FOR LOVERS ONLY are Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 9 p.m., Sunday at 7 p.m., and Monday at 8 p.m. Tickets are available through Telecharge.com or at 212-239-6200. New World Stages is located in the heart of the Theater District at 340 West 50th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Ave.)

FOR LOVERS ONLY is presented Off-Broadway by Eric Krebs and Sara Lundie.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North; and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.

NDAQA