Steve Sheldon primarily covers the performing arts for The Sun Times News, with additional focus on personal profile pieces and reporting in Saline Township. His writing highlights the people, creativity, and stories behind local arts organizations and community life, bringing depth and context to cultural coverage in the region.
Milan High School (MHS) Productions’ spring musical was the classic Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which ran through March 14. Cinderella premiered as a feature animated film in 1957 and opened on Broadway in March 2013. Junior Violet Burdette was phenomenal in the lead role Ella. She gave a poised performance that combined a youthful innocence ...
The Encore Musical Theatre Company has proven they can stage great Broadway musicals. Thursday evening, opening night for the Taylor Swift Tribute Concert, they proved they know how to throw a good party. Broadway star Chelsea Packard, with Kaylin Rayne Gines, a student at the UM School of Theatre, Music and Dance and Encore stage ...
The Saline Township Board had a packed agenda at its March meeting Wednesday evening, including adopting it FY 2026 budget, receiving an update on the Related Digital data center project and getting a presentation from Barry Lonik on his land preservation programs. FY 2026 Budget Treasurer Jennifer Zink explained that revenue expected from Washtenaw County ...
Chelsea Area Players’ (CAP) Youth Theatre Artistic Director Alex Moore took a page from NBC’s Saturday Night Live and staged a “cold opening” Friday night, introducing the audience to the Disney classic Frozen Jr. Led by 8th graders Alessandra Fineman and Amber Yacks, playing the hosts, and assisted by eighth grade narrators Savannah Fremuth and ...
Saline Township officials are considering a temporary moratorium on certain development proposals as concerns grow about industrial projects affecting the township’s rural landscape. The township is considering this option in response to recent industrial developments that threaten the rural and farm-like landscape such as the rhe recent data center. Township planning consultant Mike Auerbach, from ...
The Saline High School Drama Club staged the smash Broadway hit “Hello Dolly” on Feb. 27 – Mar. 1st in the Ellen A. Ewing Performing Arts Center. Hello Dolly first premiered in 1963 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, with Carol Channing playing the lead role of Dolly Gallagher Levi. The musical moved to Broadway ...
Croswell Opera House Marquee in Adrian. Photo by Steve Sheldon. On Wednesday, the People’s Choice spoke loud and clear, Parade was their favorite 2025 Croswell production. Thursday, it’s my turn. One thing you can say about theatre is that it’s personal. We bring our collective experiences, hopes and dreams and our heroes and villains with ...
In recognition of the amazing local theatrical talent within our readership area, The Sun Times News developed the “Sunny Awards”. Today, the People’s Choice Awards are announced. Tomorrow, Sun Times Reviewer Steve Sheldon’s selections will be announced. Criteria for evaluating musical productions included three questions. The votes have been cast and tabulated and the winners ...
There was a joint meeting of the Saline Township Board and Planning Commission on Feb. 19 to begin discussions of how the township will consider future growth within its boundaries. The meeting included around two dozen citizens, with none speaking during the public comment portion of the meeting. Township consulting planner Mike Auerbach from Carlisle-Wortman, ...
Encore’s Tribute Concert honoring the words and music of Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, runs through Sunday, Feb. 22nd. Schwartz’s Broadway credits include the blockbuster production Wicked, which has run in Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre for twenty-two years, grossing over $1,800,000,000. Other Broadway shows of Schwartz’s include Pippin, Godspell, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Queen ...
Saline Township resident Kathryn Haushalter filed a civil suit against the township, pursuing a “Motion to Intervene” in the consent agreement that settled the lawsuit between Related Digital (RD)/property owners and Saline Township, which was heard Friday at 10 a.m. by Washtenaw County Judge Julia Owdzie. Haushalter’s motion to Intervene petition was required to be ...
Young “Swifties” dressed in glitter filled The Croswell Theatre in Adrian on Friday, Feb. 13, dancing and singing along during a high-energy Taylor Swift Experience concert starring 19-year-old Kanin Wren. What do you do when you are asked to review a Taylor Swift Experience concert, knowing you cannot hum a single note of a “Swiftie” ...
The Dexter Drama Club staged a remarkable production of Seussical – The Musical over two weekends in the Center for the Performing Arts at Dexter High School. With music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and the script written by both Flaherty and Ahrens, Dexter students showed heart and energy as they sang and ...
Ann Arbor Huron High School’s Huron Players staged Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods” at the Paul K. Meyers Auditorium Feb. 5th – 8th. Into The Woods debuted on Broadway in November 1987 and ran for two years. The music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and the script by James Lapine. With a cast of thirty, ...
With tensions over the township’s data center project continuing to run high, and board members acknowledging they have received death threats in recent months, the Saline Township Board moved through a wide-ranging agenda Wednesday night that included road improvements, a proposed event barn ordinance, and updates on the controversial development. Much of the discussion and ...
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