Buffalo Capital VIII/Momentum Productions, Inc. Wins the Lortel Award for ``Dinner With Friends''.Business Editors DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000 Buffalo Capital VIII, Ltd. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : BUFL), a fully reporting company, is pleased to announce that it has won the Lortel Award. "Dinner With Friends," Donald Marguilies' critically acclaimed drama about marriage and divorce, won the Lortel Award for outstanding Off-Broadway play yesterday. The Lortel Award is named after Lucille Lortel Lucille Lortel (December 16, 1900—April 4, 1999) was an American actress and theater producer who is remembered as the namesake of an off-Broadway playhouse and theatrical award. , the late producer and theater owner who is credited with creating the Off-Broadway Theater. The awards will be presented May 1 at the Lucille Lortel Theater. "This continued recognition by the industry further fuels an already wildly successful run for this beautiful play," commented Mark Balsam balsam (bôl`səm), fragrant resin obtained from various trees. The true balsams are semisolid and insoluble in water, but they are soluble in alcohol and partly so in hydrocarbons. , president of Momentum Productions. "Theater patrons have continued to flock to this production and we anticipate an equally enthusiastic crowd as we open in additional markets throughout the remainder of this year. Currently, the show is scheduled to premier in London, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Chicago and Palm Beach," added Mark Balsam. Momentum's principal past projects include the Broadway musicals Damn Yankees and Play On! The Off-Broadway shows include Stomp, Oleanna, Vita & Virginia, Jeffrey, Jam on Jam On is a Jam Bands radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 17 and Dish Network channel 6017. It has featured basketball great Bill Walton hosting a Grateful Dead show, Woodstock MC Wavy Gravy, and pedal steel genius Buddy Cage as a DJ. the Grove and The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. Films include Spin the Bottle, Jeffrey, The Lipstick Camera, Handgun, Matewan, The Brother from Another Planet, Alan & Naomi, The Coca-Cola Kid and Key Exchange. Momentum Productions, Inc. is a New York-based Corporation engaged in the multi-media entertainment industry with divisions in theatre production, film production, theatrical group sales Group sales Block sale (of large amounts) of securities to institutional investors. group sales The distribution of a new security issue to institutional clients. and theatrical real estate. The company's first production is the extremely successful, critically acclaimed Off-Broadway play Dinner With Friends. Statements in the release may be forward-looking. This release should be read in conjunction with Buffalo Capital's public filings. |
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