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Anne Of Green Gables: The Musical is a musical based on the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. 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. The musical was Canada's longest running musical, having been performed annually from its opening in 1965 until 2019, with the planned 2020 and 2021 productions cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic. In March 2014, it was officially recognised as the longest running annual musical theatre production in the world by Guinness World Records. Anne returned to the Charlottetown Festival stage for the 2022 season, however organisers announced late in the year that the show would be produced only in alternating years from then on. The musical is planned to return in 2024, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of Montgomery's birth.

In 1956, Don Harron, Norman Campbell, and Elaine Campbell adapted Anne of Green Gables into a live musical special for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1958, a second production of their musical was broadcast.

The musical was originally directed and choreographed by Alan Lund. 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. Just before its 50th season, in 2014, it was announced that this production of Anne of Green Gables: The Musical had been named by Guinness World Records as the "longest running annual musical theatre production" in the world. Its 2500th performance was given on August 23, 2017. A song from the musical was part of the feature performance at the opening of the Confederation Centre of the Arts on October 6, 1964, playing to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh as well as Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. The production was not performed in 2020 as the Charlottetown Festival was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic, The production returned in 2022, and it was then announced that the show would be performed only in alternating years from then on. It played off Broadway in New York from December 21, 1971, to January 2, 1972, at the New York City Center. During the 1980s and 1990s the musical was produced in Japan by Gekidan Shiki. An independent production opened on April 16, 1969, at the New Theatre, London, running for nine months and starring Polly James as Anne. In May 2013, Theatre Calgary produced a new production with new arrangements and orchestrations by Dave Pierce. In December 2019, EK Productions staged an immersive version in Adelaide starring Issy Darwent and directed by Benjamin Maio Mackay.

In 2013, Canadian indie film producers The Film Farm and Side Road Media announced plans to turn the long running musical into a feature film, written by actor and playwright Kristen Thomson. The film was cancelled, due to the Anne with an E CBC/Netflix television series.

Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical, a new adaptation of the story with original songs by Matt Vinson and Matte O'Brien, premiered at Finger Lakes Music Theatre Festival in 2018 before releasing a concept recording in November 2020. A follow up production is set for Goodspeed Opera House in 2022.