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Diahuebs 6 Mei 2021

Broadway readies ticket sales for a fall reopening

fans can start buying tickets theaters restart, marking the demand full venue capacity.
again," Charlotte St. Martin, first time an established show Some off-Broadway shows
president of the Broadway had been felled by the coro- have opened with limited ca-
League, said in a statement navirus pandemic. Producers pacity.
Wednesday. of "Mean Girls" also decided
not to restart. All city theaters abruptly
New York Gov. Andrew closed on March 12, 2020,
Cuomo said Broadway the- But there will be new shows, knocking out all shows, in-
aters can reopen Sept. 14 and including Antoinette Chi- cluding 16 that were still
will be allowed to decide their nonye Nwandu's "Pass Over" scheduled to open.
own entry requirements, like that is slated to reopen the
whether people must prove August Wilson Theatre, the Some scheduled spring 2020
they've been vaccinated to at- same venue "Mean Girls" has shows — like a musical about
tend a show. Selling tickets vacated. And a Shubert the- Michael Jackson and a revival
will allow theaters to gauge ater has been promised for of Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite"
interest before stages open, playwright Keenan Scott II's starring Matthew Broderick
NEW YORK (AP) — of the Great White Way at said Robert Mujica, Cuomo's play "Thoughts of a Colored and Sarah Jessica Parker —
Many Broadway produc- full capacity by mid-Sep- budget director. Man." pushed their productions to
tions are scrambling to tember. 2021. But others abandoned
resume ticket sales in the The Broadway that reopens The lifting of all capacity re- their plans, including "Hang-
coming days to welcome "We remain cautiously opti- will look different. In May, strictions has long been con- men" and a revival of Edward
theater-goers this fall af- mistic about Broadway's abil- the big budget Disney mu- sidered by the industry as Albee's "Who's Afraid of Vir-
ter city and state leaders ity to resume performances sical "Frozen" decided not crucial to any reopening plan ginia Woolf?"
have green-lit a reopening this fall and are happy that to reopen when Broadway since Broadway economics

Sex offender charged with murder in death of Iowa girl, 10

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — terest in the case. Breasia was it is important to understand
A registered sex offender last seen in the early hours of that bringing forth charges is
kidnapped and shot to July 10 at a Davenport apart- not the end of the legal pro-
death a 10-year-old Iowa ment complex, where she cess but just the beginning,"
girl, his son's half sister, was staying the night with he said.
while the two kids were her half brother and his fa-
staying overnight with ther, Dinkins. Detectives with the Daven-
him last summer, a pros- port Police Department led
ecutor said Wednesday. A criminal complaint re- the investigation and received
leased Wednesday alleges that assistance from the FBI,
Authorities announced that Dinkins removed Breasia which announced a $10,000
Henry Dinkins is charged from the apartment "without reward for information in the
with first-degree murder and consent or authority, or by case in December on what
first-degree kidnapping in deception, to secretly confine would have been Breasia's
the death of Breasia Terrell, a and inflict serious injury" on 11th birthday. his girlfriend for weeks. Au-
Davenport girl whose disap- her. Biggs also credited several thorities said he also violated
pearance last July prompted Investigators had asked any- detectives who worked long the terms of his parole by
an extensive search and in- Scott County Attorney Mi- one with information about hours on the case, saying it having contact with minors.
vestigation. chael Walton released few ad- Dinkins' whereabouts on had been hard on their per- He has been jailed in Clinton
ditional details during a brief July 9-10 to come forward, sonal lives. They routinely County while awaiting trial
An autopsy confirmed that news conference Wednesday, publicizing photos of a ma- must look at "the worst of on those charges.
human remains discovered saying only that the case was roon Chevy Impala and other humanity" and carry on, he
by fishermen in March in a developed through "an in- vehicles associated with him. said. Dinkins was served with an
rural area north of Davenport tensive, nine-month investi- arrest warrant on the new
were Breasia. gation involving numerous Davenport Police Capt. Brent charges Wednesday and did
agencies." He said that he Biggs said Breasia's mother He was arrested days after not yet have an attorney in
Dinkins, a 48-year-old who had to withhold investigative had been "supportive and Breasia's disappearance on the case. A public defender
has been in and out of prison details while his office pros- cooperative" with investiga- charges that he violated sex assigned to represent him on
throughout his adulthood, ecutes Dinkins. tors throughout the case. "We offender registry require- other charges didn't immedi-
had long been the only per- cannot imagine the grief and ments by failing to tell au- ately return a phone message.
son that investigators had "While announcing charges is pain she must experience," he thorities that he had been
identified as a person of in- a significant step in this case, said. living in the apartment with

Small business COVID-19 relief program runs out of money

NEW YORK (AP) — The since April of last year. year, and included second
government's key COV- loans for hard-hit companies.
ID-19 relief program for The program, which has run
small businesses has run out of cash and refunded by The SBA said in a statement
out of money. Congress twice before, was it will continue to fund ap-
scheduled to expire May 31. plications that have been ap-
The Small Business Admin- It's not yet known if law- proved. New applications
istration said Wednesday that makers will approve another made through Community
the Paycheck Protection Pro- round of funding. Financial Institutions, which
gram has been exhausted. As are financial lenders that
of Sunday, the PPP had given More than half the loans serve underserved commu-
out nearly 10.8 million loans and nearly a third of the loan nities, would also be funded.
worth more than $780 billion money was given out this