Cherry (musical)

Last updated January 11, 2026

Cherry is a 1972 American musical. It adapts the play Bus Stop by William Inge. The prime creative force behind the musical was Joshua Logan.^[1]

The musical was in development in the late 1960s under the title Beau.^[2] It was given a public reading in 1972 and was performed in 1978 but was never professionally produced.^[1]

References

1 2 "Adaptations of William Inge's 'Bus Stop'". The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. September 3, 2025.
↑ Sam Zolotow, “William Inge Helps Turn His Play into a Musical,” New York Times, November 15, 1968, p. 39.

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[log-1] 1 2 "Adaptations of William Inge's 'Bus Stop'". The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. September 3, 2025.

[2] Sam Zolotow, “William Inge Helps Turn His Play into a Musical,” New York Times, November 15, 1968, p. 39.

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v t e Works by William Inge
Plays	Come Back, Little Sheba (1950) Picnic (1953) Bus Stop (1955) The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957) Bus Riley's Back in Town (1958) A Loss of Roses (1959) Summer Brave (1962) Natural Affection (1963) Where's Daddy? (1966) The Last Pad (1970)
Screenplays	Splendor in the Grass (1960) All Fall Down (1962) Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)
Novels	Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1970)
Adaptations	Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) Picnic (1955) Bus Stop (1956) The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) Bus Stop (1961-62) (TV) The Stripper (1963) Out on the Outskirts of Town (1964) (TV) Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965) Cherry (1972) (musical) Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979) Splendor in the Grass (1981) Picnic (1986) Picnic (2000)