Today's Broadway Blogs - Live Theatre Is Only For Now? and More...

I somehow doubt that, despite Broadway's struggles in the current economy, Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez would be so cynical as to use the title of this entry as their new "For Now" lyric in Avenue Q, but since it's only a matter of weeks before the sharply satirical children's educational musical for adults they penned with Jeff Whitty outlasts the current presidential administration, that infamous lyric, "George Bush is only for now," is about to be impeached.

But instead of just whipping up another punch line themselves, Marx and Lopez are turning to the people to come up with their newest rim shot.  Just visit the Avenue Q website for details of a contest where fans can offer their own "for now" suggestions, with the revised line premiering on January 20^th, President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration day.  Given one of the controversies of that day I might suggest, "Rick Warren is only for now," but I doubt it would make the short list.

Here are some more that would only be appreciated by The Bad Idea Bears.  While you're sending the Q gang your best witticisms, please feel free to list your rejects with us!

Slant rhyming… is only for now!

Analog television reception…  is only for now!

Tovah Feldshuh's streak of 4 winless Tony nominations…  is only for now!

George Bush...  was only for then!

Any more bad ideas?

"Don't think I'm not incoheret."

-- Harold Ross

The grosses are out for the week ending 12/21/2008 and we've got them all right here in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section.

Up for the week was: SHREK THE MUSICAL (18.2%), SPRING AWAKENING (17.5%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (11.6%), THE SEAGULL (10.6%), AVENUE Q (10.4%), SPAMALOT (8.7%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (6.8%), THE LITTLE MERMAID (6.7%), GREASE (6.5%), EQUUS (3.8%), WICKED (3.3%), MARY POPPINS (2.7%), THE LION KING (1.8%), HAIRSPRAY (1.0%), MAMMA MIA! (0.9%), CHICAGO (0.5%), IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS (0.2%),

Down for the week was: LIZA'S AT THE PALACE (-25.7%), SPEED THE PLOW (-19.3%), GYPSY (-14.3%), DIVIDING THE ESTATE (-12.1%), IN THE HEIGHTS (-8.0%), AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (-5.8%), 13 (-4.0%), THE 39 STEPS (-3.8%), BOEING-BOEING (-3.2%), ALL MY SONS (-3.0%), JERSEY BOYS (-2.0%), PAL JOEY (-1.3%), SOUTH PACIFIC (-0.7%), BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL (-0.6%),