A native of Canada, Crombie appeared as Gangster #2 in three Toronto incarnations of the show. His Canadian theater credits include Roof Climber's Rebellion, Dishwashers, This Could Be Love, Ouch My Toe, Romeo & Juliet, Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, Arcadia, Last Romantics, What the Butler Saw, Godspell and Wimsey Madders. Crombie is widely known for playing Gilbert Blythe in the popular Canadian mini-series Anne of Green Gables.
The show is directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Casey Nicholaw, with music and lyrics by Tony winners Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Tony winners Don McKellar and Martin. The Broadway production stars Beth Leavel, Mara Davi, JoAnn Worley, Peter Bartlett, Troy Britton Johnson and Danny Burstein.