How many times can you tell the same story before it starts telling yours?

Over the course of a single year, Ari Axelrod performed in three productions of Fiddler on the Roof across three states, portraying six different characters—from fathers to sons, dreamers to skeptics, a milkman, a tailor, and even a priest.

But this wasn’t just any year.

Ari’s year in Anatevka began just days after October 7, 2023. As the Jewish world reeled from unimaginable loss, Fiddler ceased to be simply a classic musical. Night after night, its themes of tradition, identity, displacement, resilience, and hope took on new and urgent meaning.

Featuring beloved songs from the score, behind-the-scenes stories from all three productions, and music inspired by Fiddler‘s unforgettable characters—including songs that never made it to Broadway—My Year in Anatevka traces one artist’s unexpected journey through a musical that suddenly felt less like history and more like a mirror.

Warm, funny, and deeply moving, My Year in Anatevka is a love letter to Fiddler on the Roof and a reflection on the surprising ways the stories we inherit become the ones that carry us through.