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Named after its host city, Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island , since its inception the festival has showcased Canada's most popular and longest-running musical, '' Anne Of Green Gables - The Musical '', as well as having sought out and commissioned over 66 new Canadian musicals, including the 2005 and 2006 productions of Canada Rocks , the Festival's most popular long-running production after ''Anne''. Hosted in the Confederation Centre Of The Arts , every year the Charlottetown Festival features some of Canada's finest performers, designers, playwrights, composers, and directors in a professional showcase of musical theatre and comedy. Past Artistic Directors of the Festival include Mavor Moore , Alan Lund , and Walter Learning . Learning ignited a storm of controversy across the country in 1987 when he presented the Alan Bleasdale musical ''Are You Lonesome Tonight?'' a tough look at the life of Elvis Presley . Objections to the rough language and adult subject matter were even brought up in the Provincial Legislature . However, the musical was a major critical success for the Charlottetown Festival and became the only Festival production to equal ''Anne of Green Gables'' in ticket sales during its first season. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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