Evening Primrose (ABC Stage 67)

"Evening Primrose" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American television series ABC Stage 67. The episode is a musical with a book by James Goldman and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on a John Collier short story published in the 1951 collection Fancies and Goodnights. The story was originally published in 1940.

Written originally for television, the musical focuses on Charles (Anthony Perkins), a poet who takes refuge from the world by hiding out in a department store after closing. He meets a community of night people who live in the store and falls in love with a beautiful young girl named Ella (Charmian Carr). Bizarre complications arise when the leader of the group forbids their relationship.