One reason for the continuing popularity of "The Fantasticks" was that it was different from large musicals playing in Broadway theaters.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

"As soon as I saw this letter, I decided it must be the one I was looking for.It must be, even though it was completely different from the one Germont had described.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

"It has become increasingly clear that Tony Blair misled parliament on more than one occasion and I think that MPs were invited to make their own judgment on the merits of the case for war and they were entitled to do so on the truth and it looks very much as though that the truth was withheld from parliament and many MPs may well have made a different decision if they had had the full unvarnished truth,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.13