Review: Esther, a new musical by SoundBeacon Entertainment

by Michael Meigs
Published on February 17, 2018

Newly founded SoundBeacon Entertainment took on this big project in ambitious style and with a good understanding of how to market it. Expect to hear more from them before long.

  Austin's new production company SoundBeacon Entertainment took over the Kleberg, Zach Theatre's mid-sized stage, for a one-night oratorio presentation of Esther, A New Musical, a work by board members Glenna Bowman and Matthew Shead along with pianist-composer Thomas Azar. The fourteen-member local cast was led by Austin favorites Ryan Smith in the title role and tall, well-mannered and mellifluous Matthew Redden, aptly cast as King Xerxes. Other faces were equally familiar from Austin's musical …

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