Anne Of Green Gables - The Musical is a musical based on the novel, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery.
The music is by Norman Campbell and the lyrics by Don Harron, Norman Campbell, Elaine Campbell and Mavor Moore. It has been performed every summer since 1965, headling the Charlottetown Festival at the Confederation Centre of the Arts (which opened in September 1964), making this Canada's longest-running mainstage musical.
It first opened on April 16, 1969, at the New Theatre, London , starring Polly James as Anne. It also opened on Broadway on December 21, 1971, at the City Center Theatre, closing on January 2, 1972. During the 1980s and 1990s the musical has toured in Japan as well as cities across North America.
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