sentences:  The play did not receive the national attention Robb had hoped for, and he turned to Tom Jones, a young unknown lyricist, who showed interest.After years of unsuccessful collaboration, Robb agreed to relinquish his rights to the work to Jones, who reworked it with Harvey Schmidt into a non-Hispanic version.The result was "The Fantasticks", which ran for 42 years at the Sullivan Theater in New York for a total of 17,162 performances .