Broadway Blog - Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17 & Algonquin Round Table Quote of the Week

"His huff arrived and he departed in it"

-- Alexander Woollcott

The grosses are out for the week ending 5/17/2009 and we've got them all right here in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

Up for the week was: AVENUE Q (18.5%), THE NORMAN CONQUESTS (13.1%), THE 39 STEPS (12.3%), THE PHILANTHROPIST (11.0%), 33 VARIATIONS (8.7%), DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (8.5%), AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (7.3%), IN THE HEIGHTS (7.0%), EXIT THE KING (6.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (6.3%), CHICAGO (5.6%), MARY POPPINS (4.6%), BLITHE SPIRIT (4.3%), ACCENT ON YOUTH (3.8%), MAMMA MIA! (3.6%), BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL (3.5%), THE LITTLE MERMAID (3.4%), SOUTH PACIFIC (2.8%), SHREK THE MUSICAL (2.4%), 9 TO 5 (2.3%), MARY STUART (2.2%), REASONS TO BE PRETTY (2.2%), GUYS AND DOLLS (2.1%), GOD OF CARNAGE (1.8%), JERSEY BOYS (1.4%), THE LION KING (1.0%), WICKED (0.5%), ROCK OF AGES (0.3%), WAITING FOR GODOT (0.2%),

Down for the week was: JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE (-1.9%), HAIR (-0.9%), IRENA'S VOW (-0.4%), WEST SIDE STORY (-0.4%), NEXT TO NORMAL (-0.1%),