Anne and Gilbert, the musical based largely on Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island, will be going on tour next year.
Producer Campbell Webster hopes to kick it off at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. A separate theatre company will mount the musical in Ontario; there will be another production in Japan; and there will be yet another mounting in Michigan.
This summer, Anne and Gilbert was put on in Gananoque, Ontario, to much success. Its run will close on September 1. The current PEI run, being staged in Summerside, will wrap for the year on September 19.
FYI The production in Gananoque that has received over 16,000 visitors and received massive media acclaim is a separate production from Campbell Websterls…although the same show, the Anne & Gilbert in Gananoque was entirely produced by the Thousand Islands Playhouse. The Playhouse is a fully professional company that produces 8 shows per year in two venues.