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Fans Enjoying Yiddish Version of "Fiddler"

Fiddler
Jon Kalish for WBGO News

More than 50 years after its Broadway debut, Fiddler on the Roof remains one of the most widely performed musicals in the United States.

A new version performed entirely in Yiddish was a surprise hit over the summer in Manhattan and now it’s been moved to the largest off-Broadway theater in the city.

Click abover to hear Jon Kalish's report.