It was performed every summer beginning in 1965, headlining the Charlottetown Festival at the Confederation Centre of the Arts, Prince Edward Island, making this Canada's longest-running mainstage musical. The musical was originally directed and choreographed by Alan Lund. A stage version was then written, with the premiere in 1965 at the Charlottetown Festival.
Mavor Moore, the founding artistic director of Charlottetown's Confederation Centre of the Arts, used a song from that Green Gables TV movie in the inaugural variety performance. The three prepared a musical version, which was broadcast in 1956 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a television movie. The idea for the musical version of the book came about when the Campbells (Norman and Elaine) visited Don Harron, and he gave them the book Anne of Green Gables, suggesting that it would make a musical. The musical is planned to return in 2024, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of Montgomery's birth. Īnne returned to the Charlottetown Festival stage for the 2022 season, however organizers announced late in the year that the show would be produced only in alternating years from then on. In March 2014, it was officially recognized as the longest running annual musical theatre production in the world by Guinness World Records. The musical was Canada's longest-running musical, having been performed annually from its opening in 1965 until 2019, with the planned 20 productions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The book was written by Don Harron exclusively, the music by Norman Campbell and the lyrics in a joint venture by Don Harron, Norman Campbell, Elaine Campbell and Mavor Moore. 1965 Charlottetown Festival annually until 2019 biennially from 2022Īnne Of Green Gables: The Musical is a musical based on the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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