Broadway Blogs - Come To The Cabaret Often? and More...

While New York's cabaret scene is filled with great performers who work exclusively in clubs, a great deal on the genre's legendary names (Andrea Marcovicci, Julie Wilson & Karen Akers, just to name a few) first became known through musical theatre. Certainly, the songs of great theatre composers and lyricists are the staples of cabaret and each year new Broadway names try their hand at the solo stage. Our new poll asks BroadwayWorld readers about their interest in cabaret.

"I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry."
-- Robert Benchley

The grosses are out for the week ending 2/1/2009 and we've got them all right here in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

Up for the week was: THE AMERICAN PLAN (9.7%), HEDDA GABLER (7.6%), EQUUS (5.4%), SPEED THE PLOW (0.9%), BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL (0.6%), WICKED (0.3%),

Down for the week was: AVENUE Q (-12.8%), THE 39 STEPS (-11.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-11.4%), SOUL OF SHAOLIN (-10.4%), CHICAGO (-9.5%), MAMMA MIA! (-8.9%), MARY POPPINS (-7.2%), IN THE HEIGHTS (-5.7%), PAL JOEY (-5.1%), SHREK THE MUSICAL (-4.7%), SOUTH PACIFIC (-4.0%), AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (-3.2%), JERSEY BOYS (-2.2%), THE LITTLE MERMAID (-1.9%), THE LION KING (-1.0%),