Well after a nine month delay, season 2 of Closing Night is finally here—the theater history podcast that takes you behind the curtain to uncover stories about famous and forgotten Broadway show that closed too soon. While season 1 focused on musicals that came and went from the Marquis Theatre, this season I’m tackling a whole new kind of theatrical heartbreak: shows that never actually opened on Broadway.

Now, full disclosure: I was all set to launch this season last year, but then life happened. And by life, I mean Beetlejuice. I joined the North American tour last May, started rehearsals, and have been performing across the continent ever since. Right now, I’m recording this from Canada! So while the opening of Season 2 may have been postponed, at least it wasn’t canceled like the shows I’ll be covering on the podcast this year.

These are the productions that fizzled out during out-of-town tryouts or preview performances, including Lone Star Love, The Little Prince and the Aviator, Lolita, My Love, Let My People Come, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, among others. But I’ll be starting off with Annie 2: Miss Hannigan’s Revenge, which was actually slated to open at the Marquis Theatre but was canceled after a disastrous run in Washington, DC.

Episodes start at the end of January and will drop once a month throughout the year, so make sure to follow Closing Night on your favorite podcast app and stay connected on Instagram at @closingnightpodcast. I’ve got some fascinating guests lined up this season—from actors to writers to producers—all sharing their firsthand accounts of what went wrong and what could’ve been. So let’s raise the curtain on the stories that never got to take their Broadway bows. Because, as they say, the show must go on… eventually.