Broadway Blog - Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/31 & Algonquin Round Table Quote of the Week

"Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory."
--Robert Benchley

The grosses are out for the week ending 5/31/2009 and we've got them all right here in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

Up for the week was: ACCENT ON YOUTH (18.6%), THE NORMAN CONQUESTS (11.3%), WAITING FOR GODOT (10.9%), JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE (7.1%), IRENA'S VOW (5.1%), NEXT TO NORMAL (2.0%), BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL (1.6%), AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (1.5%), THE PHILANTHROPIST (0.9%), GOD OF CARNAGE (0.7%), REASONS TO BE PRETTY (0.1%),

Down for the week was: CHICAGO (-16.2%), AVENUE Q (-15.4%), IN THE HEIGHTS (-14.0%), SHREK THE MUSICAL (-13.2%), GUYS AND DOLLS (-11.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-10.9%), MARY POPPINS (-10.5%), SOUTH PACIFIC (-10.4%), BLITHE SPIRIT (-10.3%), THE LITTLE MERMAID (-10.0%), 9 TO 5 (-9.5%), MAMMA MIA! (-7.6%), HAIR (-5.5%), WEST SIDE STORY (-3.5%), ROCK OF AGES (-3.0%), MARY STUART (-2.1%), THE LION KING (-1.3%), EXIT THE KING (-1.0%), JERSEY BOYS (-0.8%), THE 39 STEPS (-0.3%),