The Man from Mexico Comes to Town: Wenatchee’s New Theater Opens with Star-Studded Fanfare
As the city celebrates its new cultural landmark, the Watson Stock Company arrives to perform 'The Man from Mexico,' promising a week of high drama and comedy that rivals Seattle's biggest hits.
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FORMAL OPENING OF NEW THEATER WATSON STOCK COMPANY WILL PRESENT POPULAR PLAY ENTITLED THE MAN FROM MEXICO--ONE OF THE BEST PLAYS EVER OFFERED HERE.
One of the foremost events of the week is the formal opening of the new Wenatchee theater which will take place tonight. As an attraction extraordinary the Watson Stock Company of twenty people has been secured at a great expense to play three nights and a matinee starting tonight with the best known comedy before the public, "The Man from Mexico."
The Watson Company are particularly clever in this particular play, which made a great hit recently at the Seattle Theatre. Mr. Albert J. Watson will appear in the role of Benjamin Fitzhew, who furnishes the major portion of the fun in this merry play. Mr. Watson is a comedian of recognized standing and in all his work individuality is a marked feature.
Among the other clever members of the Watson Company are Miss Aline Wallace, Mr. Richard Scott, Mr. Harry Pollard, Miss Adelaide Keith, Mr. Allyn Lewis, Miss Pearl King, Mr. Emmit Seavey, Mr. Sidney Diamond, Mr. Tracy McDermott, Mr. Esco Ives, Mr. E. L. Diamond, Miss Alice LeMoyne, Mr. Joseph Busch, and others.
Between the acts of the plays presented in clever specialties of the singing order will be introduced. This is a feature which has invariably been enjoyed by the patrons of the Watson Company wherever it has appeared.
On the afternoon of July Fourth a special matinee will be given at which a bargain price of admission will be made. On the evening of the Fourth Hall Caine's masterpiece will be the bill and it will probably be the only time in the history of the Wenatchee theatre when the opportunity of seeing "The Christian" will be given the playgoers of this city.
On Wednesday evening, the second day of Wenatchee's big theater party will be that superb classic "Faust," with all the electrics and mechanical features. Each of the plays presented by the Watson Company will be superbly staged with scenery and effects given as nearly as possible corresponding with the productions of the same plays by the same company in Seattle during the recent phenomenally successful run of the Watson Stock in the Seattle Theater.
The public, especially the amusement loving public, have occasion to congratulate the management of the Wenatchee theatre both for their enterprise in bringing about the building of the theater and for the wisdom in the choice of a company to open it. A large demand has been made for reserved seats and it is safe to predict overflowing audiences at every performance during the coming engagement of the Watson Company which comes to us as a guaranteed attraction from every city in which it has played.
The opening of Wenatchee's first dedicated theater marks a pivotal moment in the city's transition from a rough-and-tumble logging and fruit town to a settled community with high cultural aspirations. Just as today’s residents clamor for local arts venues and entertainment infrastructure, early 20th-century citizens viewed this building not just as a business, but as a symbol of civic maturity and refinement.
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