Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I mate te kaiwhakaari o Kanata a Jonathan Crombie i te po o te Wenerei i New York i muri i tana mamae i te toto toto i te roro. E 48 ōna tau. Ko te kaiwhakaari o Anne of Green Gables a Jonathan Crombie i mate i te toto toto i te roro, 48 ona tau. Ko te kaiwhakaari e mohiotia ana mo tana mahi hei Gilbert Blythe i roto i te kiriata whakaari pouaka whakaata a Kanata a Anne of Green Gables me nga waahanga e rua. I mate a Crombie i whanau mai i Toronto i te Wenerei i New York, i kii tana tuahine a Carrie Crombie ki a CBC i te Rahoroi. He tangata ngahau ia, he tangata reka, he aroha ki te tākaro, he aroha ki te whakangahau, ki te waiata, ki te kanikani. I a ia e tamariki ana, e aroha ana ia ki nga whakaaturanga Broadway me nga mea katoa, ka waiata, ka kanikani i roto i te ruuma noho, 'i kii a Carrie Crombie. I kii ia he whakapehapeha tonu tana tuakana ki te takaro i a Gilbert, te hoa whakataetae o te kura, te hoa rangatira me te hoa rangatira o te rangatira rangatira o Anne of Green Gables. He tino pai ki a ia te raupapa, i kii ia, me te kii he 'nui te whakapehapeha ki a ia'. Ko Crombie, he tama na te koromatua o Toronto o mua me te minita o te Kaunihera o Canada a David Crombie, kaore i whakamatautauria mo te whakaaturanga. I kitea ia i te 17 i a ia e mahi ana i roto i te mahinga kura tuarua o The Wizard of Oz, e ai ki a E!. 'I tutaki mātou ki a ia, ā, i whakawhiwhia ia. He hau tino pai.... I tino pai katoa te mahi,' i kii te kaiwhakanao Green Gables a Kevin Sullivan ki a CBC. I haere tonu ia: 'Ki taku whakaaro mo nga roopu o nga waahine taiohi puta noa i te ao i aroha ki nga kiriata Anne o Green Gables, ko Jonathan te tohu o te tama kei te taha o te taha. I rongonui a Crombie mo tana mahi hei GilbertBlythe i roto i te kiriata whakaari pouaka whakaata a Kanata a Anne of Green Gables me nga waahanga e rua. I kitea ia hei kaiwhakaari i te 17 o ona tau i roto i tētahi whakaaturanga kura tuarua o Te Kaitohutohu o Oz. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te mahi a Gilbert - ko ia te hoa whakataetae kura, hoa rangatira me te hoa rangatira o Green Gables 'kaipoipo rangatira - me te kore e whakamatautauria mo te mahi. 'Ki taku whakaaro he rau noa iho ngā tāngata ka whakamiharo i te mea kua tupu tēnei. He tino aitua tēnei. 'I te mea pono, he manawanui a Honatana, he...
I mate a Jonathan Crombie i te mate toto i te roro i te Wenerei i New York. I tākaro ia i a Gilbert Blythe i roto i ngā pikitia o Anne of Green Gables. I haere tonu te kaitapere o Toronto ki te whetū i te The Drowsy Chaperone i Broadway.