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=== Stage productions === * ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Musical]]'', performed annually in the summer, at [[Charlottetown Festival]], since 1965, this is Canada's longest-running main stage musical production, and has had a total audience of more than 2 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peitheatre.com/2017/08/22/25-hundred-and-counting/|title=25 Hundred and Counting|date=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/montgomery-lucy-maud/|title=Lucy Maud Montgomery|first=Andrew|last=McIntosh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.150peisurprises.ca/single-post/2017/12/11/The-record-setting-Anne-of-Green-Gables---The-Musical|title=150surprises|website=150surprises|access-date=2017-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053246/https://www.150peisurprises.ca/single-post/2017/12/11/The-record-setting-Anne-of-Green-Gables---The-Musical|archive-date=2017-12-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Anne of Green Gables β The Musical'' was composed by Canadians [[Don Harron]] and [[Norman Campbell (director)|Norman Campbell]], with lyrics by Elaine Campbell and [[Mavor Moore]]. The production has been performed before [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] and it has toured across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. In 1969, it had a run in [[London]]'s [[West End theatre|West End]]. The Charlottetown Festival production performed at the [[1970 World's Fair]] in [[Osaka, Japan]]. [[Walter Learning]] directed and organized a successful national tour of the musical in Japan in 1991.<ref>''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' {{ISBN|978-0-771-02099-5}} p. 439</ref> * The Guild in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, hosts ''Anne and Gilbert, The Musical''. Written by [[Nancy White (singer-songwriter)|Nancy White]], Bob Johnston, and Jeff Hochhauser, the production is based on Montgomery's sequels featuring Anne Shirley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/living/charlottetown-expands-as-land-of-musical-anne-109166/|title=Charlottetown expands as Land of Musical Anne - The Guardian|website=www.theguardian.pe.ca}}</ref> * ''The Nine Lives of L.M. Montgomery'', a musical adapted from Montgomery's novel and her life, opened at Kings Playhouse in [[Georgetown, Prince Edward Island]] on June 20, 2008, the 100th anniversary of the book's publication. With book and lyrics by Adam-Michael James and music by [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]-nominated composer [[Leo Marchildon]], the musical depicts events from Montgomery's life and features characters and heroines from all of her novels. Anne figures prominently and is shown from age 12 into her 40s. Gilbert Blythe also appears. The show's second production was at the Carrefour Theatre in [[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island]] and opened July 11, 2009. In both years, the musical was nominated for The Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation's Wendell Boyle Award. In July 2010, a concert version of the show toured Prince Edward Island, with four performances at Green Gables.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninelivesoflmm.com |title=The Nine Lives of L.M. Montgomery |publisher=Ninelivesoflmm.com |date=February 15, 2012 |access-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref> * [[Theatreworks USA]], a New York-based children's theatre company, produced an ''Anne of Green Gables'' musical in 2006 at the [[Lucille Lortel Theatre]]. A revived production, with musical contributions from [[Gretchen Cryer]], is planned to tour grade-schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/theatreworksusa-2006-2007-season|title=TheatreworksUSA 2006 - 2007 season|date=19 October 2017}}</ref> * The Peterborough Players, based in [[Peterborough, New Hampshire]], staged an adaptation by Joseph Robinette of ''Anne of Green Gables'' in August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterboroughplayers.org/2009/anne-of-green-gables |title=PeterBoroughPlayers.org |publisher=PeterBoroughPlayers.org |access-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727172212/http://www.peterboroughplayers.org/2009/anne-of-green-gables |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}</ref> * ''Anne and Gilbert'' is a musical adaptation of the books ''Anne of Avonlea'' and ''Anne of the Island''. It depicts the relationship of Anne and Gilbert during their years as teachers and college students, and their return to Avonlea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/anne-of-green-gables-netflix-review-anne-with-an-e-bleak-sad-wrong|title=Anne of Green Gables: Netflix's Bleak Adaptation Gets It All So Terribly Wrong|first=Joanna|last=Robinson|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=12 May 2017}}</ref> * ''Anne of Green Gables'', adapted by [[Julia Britton]] and [[Robert Chuter]] performed as a site-specific production at Rippon Lea, Melbourne, Australia December - February, 1996β97. *A "folk-rock" adaptation entitled ''Anne of Green Gables'' by Matte O'Brien and Matt Vinson was premiered at the 2018 Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, with a subsequent 2020 concept album and a 2022 production at [[Goodspeed Opera House]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2018/07/finger_lakes_musical_theatre_festival_anne_of_green_gables_review.html|title=Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival brings a vibrant, sparkling 'Anne of Green Gables' to life (Review)|last=Lowen|first=Linda|date=2018-07-06|website=syracuse|language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/197022/goodspeed-announces-folk-rock-anne-of-green-gables-south-pacific-candide-also-on-tap/|title=Goodspeed Announces Folk-Rock Anne of Green Gables; South Pacific & Candide Also on Tap|website=Broadway.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=ANNE OF GREEN GABLES World Premiere Postponed at Goodspeed Musicals; SOUTH PACIFIC Delayed to Fall|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ANNE-OF-GREEN-GABLES-World-Premiere-Postponed-at-Goodspeed-Musicals-SOUTH-PACIFIC-Delayed-to-Fall-20210324|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Broadway World|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=Original Concept Recording of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Featuring Diana DeGarmo, George Salazar & More to be Released|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Original-Concept-Recording-of-ANNE-OF-GREEN-GABLES-Featuring-Diana-DeGarmo-George-Salazar-More-to-be-Released-20201111|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Broadway World|language=en}}</ref>
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