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TOP-GROSSING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
Week of May 4-May 10, 2009
(Data provided by The Broadway League)
Wicked (Gershwin Theatre), $1,380,171
West Side Story (Palace Theatre), $1,196,652
Billy Elliot (Imperial Theatre), $1,120,203
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,049,127
Jersey Boys (August Wilson Theatre), $1,013,628 MOST-READ PLAYBILL.COM STORIES
Week of May 3-May 9, 2009
(Compiled weekly by Playbill.com)
Nominations for 2009 Tony Awards Announced; Billy Elliot Earns 15 Nominations.
Tony Nominees Offer Their Reactions to Being Honored.
Love Never Dies, Sequel to Lloyd Webber's Phantom, Is Delayed.
Broadway's Newest Theatre, Henry Miller's, Will Open in September With Bye Bye Birdie.
Jones, LaChanze, Arnold, Lewis, Henry and More Will Join Ashanti in The Wiz.
Ruined, Billy Elliot and Black Watch Win New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards.
Broadway Grosses: April 27 - May 3.
Broadway Rush and Standing Room Only Policies.
DIVA TALK: Chatting with Tony Nominees Scaglione, Ripley, Janney, Foster and Channing.
Stock and Seeley to Join Broadway's Little Mermaid Cast. BEST-SELLING THEATRE CDs
May 16, 2009
(Results from billboard.biz)
Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Les Misérables, Original London Cast Recording
Mamma Mia!, Original Cast Recording Shrek: The Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording
TOP-GROSSING FILMS
Week of May 1-7, 2009
(Results from boxofficemojo.com)
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine": $102,624,147 (weekly gross); $102,624,147 (total gross)
"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past": $19,796,245 (weekly gross); $19,796,245 (total gross)
"Obsessed": $14,844,976 (weekly gross); $49,647,310 (total gross)
"17 Again": $7,619,634 (weekly gross); $49,762,093 (total gross)
"The Soloist": $7,387,609 (weekly gross); $19,895,747 (total gross)
