Broadway Blogs - Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/9 & Algonquin Round Table Quote of the Week and More...

"Always a godfather - never a god."
-- Alexander Woollcott

The grosses are out for the week ending 8/9/2009 and we've got them all right here in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

Up for the week was: MARY STUART (11.5%), THE 39 STEPS (6.1%), 9 TO 5 (5.4%), SHREK THE MUSICAL (4.8%), BURN THE FLOOR (4.4%), SOUTH PACIFIC (3.7%), AVENUE Q (2.6%), NEXT TO NORMAL (2.2%), CHICAGO (2.1%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1.4%), MARY POPPINS (1.0%), THE LITTLE MERMAID (1.0%), THE LION KING (0.5%), MAMMA MIA! (0.5%), WEST SIDE STORY (0.4%), HAIR (0.1%),

Down for the week was: ROCK OF AGES (-0.4%), IN THE HEIGHTS (-0.1%),

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