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Why I‘ll Never Make It — 416 episodes · page 1 of 5
FINAL FIVE: Sydney Kane, Comedic Actress and Writer
Sydney Kane Brings Laughter to Her Life and Acting Career
FINAL FIVE: Rachel Lin, Embracing Uncertainty and Trusting the Journey
Rachel Lin Brings Asian Representation to Law & Order and Creates Her Own Work
FINAL FIVE: New York Theater Company with Katherine Winter, Josh Zacher, and John Kroft
New York Theatre Company Takes Performance Off the Stage and Into the Streets
FINAL FIVE: Michael Kostroff, Actor in Dog Day Afternoon
Michael Kostroff Sees Performing as a Calling and Everyday He Answers That Call
FINAL FIVE: Katerina Papacostas, Chess on Broadway
Katerina Papacostas Is Making All the Right Moves in Chess on Broadway
A Look Back at Lynn Nottage Shaping Stories That Matter in American Theater
A Look Back at J. Harrison Ghee & Caroline Bowman Before the Breakthrough Moments
A Look Back at Ann Harada and Finding Longevity as an Actor
A Look Back at Adrienne Walker Navigating Rejection as a Broadway Actor
A Look Back at Misha Osherovich and Breaking Free from Body Image Pressures in Theater
A Look Back at Sharon Catherine Brown and a Legacy of Passion and Joy for Theater
A Look Back at Anthony Rapp, From The Little Prince to Seasons of Love
A Look Back at Lisa Howard Defining Success on Her Own Terms in Broadway Musicals
A Look Back at Geoffrey Owens and the Dignity of Work Beyond Broadway and Television
A Look Back at John McGinty and His Persistence as a Deaf Actor on the Broadway Stage
What Does “Making It” Even Mean? — A Look Back at Ten Conversations
Kate Baldwin Finds Creative Purpose Beyond Just Performing (REWIND)
Justin Collette Brings Beetlejuice to Life at the Palace Theatre (Season 9 Finale)
Jen Rudolph on the Business of Acting
David Bushman Proves There’s No Expiration Date on a Theater Career
FINAL FIVE: Trisha Paytas, YouTuber and Broadway Performer in Beetlejuice
Trisha Paytas on Media, Missteps, and Making Her Broadway Debut
Apologizing for My Own "Why I’ll Never Make It" Moment...
FINAL FIVE: Abbie Goldberg & Mason McDowell, Musical Theater Writers
Abbie Goldberg and Mason McDowell Turn a Movement Into a Musical
Historias Hispanas en Español - Bianca Marroquín, Luis Salgado y Mas (REWIND)
Hispanic Stories in English - Matt Zambrano and Dan Domingues (REWIND)
Audition Stories 2025 with Lynn Nottage, Aubie Merrylees, Elizabeth Hess, Simon Tam, and More!
FINAL FIVE: Jennifer Apple, Actress and Founder of Empowered Artists Collective
Jennifer Apple Turns Setbacks Into Artistic Growth and Community
FINAL FIVE: Patricia McGregor, Artistic Director of New York Theater Workshop
Patricia McGregor on Making Bold, Tough Choices and Shaping the Future of Theater
Sònia Victoria Werner Is Reshaping the Arts By Making Space For Women
FINAL FIVE: Sònia Victoria Werner, Co-Founder and CEO of Lighthouse Ladies
FINAL FIVE: Joseph Zellnik, Musical Theater Composer and Author
Joseph Zellnik Combines Murder, Mystery, and Musical Theater
FINAL FIVE: Nick Rashad Burroughs, Broadway Actor in Kinky Boots and King Kong
Nick Rashad Burroughs Embraces His True Self and Finds a Path to Broadway
Theater Tol Takes Performing Arts to New Heights - Hannah Snow and Benjamien Lycke
FINAL FIVE: Ravi Jain & Miriam Fernandes, Artistic Directors of Why Not Theatre in Toronto
Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes Push the Bounds of Theater and Keep Asking Why Not
FINAL FIVE: Aubie Merrylees, Actor in BOOP! and a Theater Coach
Aubie Merrylees on the Joys of BOOP! and the Disappointments of KPOP
ETony Winner J. Harrison Ghee Finds Joy and Freedom in Theater and in Life
SPOTLIGHT: Stephanie Torns Brings Broadway to EPIC Players
Closing Night - Anthony Rapp Almost Makes His Broadway Debut
FINAL FIVE: George C. Heslin, Actor, Director and Producer.
George C. Heslin Helps Bring Irish Theater to New York City
Bret Shuford Turns Broadway Lessons into Guidance for Others (REWIND)
FINAL FIVE: Moshe Lobel, Actor and Filmmaker
Moshe Lobel Leaves Hasidic Roots to Pursue Theater and Filmmaking
FINAL FIVE: Akiko Aizawa, Actor and Teacher of Viewpoints/Suzuki Method
Akiko Aizawa Leaves the Dance World and Embraces Uncertainty as a Theater Actress
FINAL FIVE: Elizabeth Hess, Founder and Director of The Hess Collective
Elizabeth Hess Brings Resilience and Creativity to Her Theater Work
FINAL FIVE - Lynn Nottage, Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright
Lynn Nottage Writes Through Some of Life’s Hardest Moments
Welcome to Season 9!
Gregg Daniel Faces Life’s Hardest Moments with Grace
Jennifer Tepper Explores Women Writing Musicals and the Legacy That History Books Left Out
Stephanie Torns Has Been Both WICKED and a WAITRESS and Now Brings Her Talents to EPIC Players
FINAL FIVE with Ryan Bauer-Walsh, Actor and Writer
Ryan Bauer-Walsh Finds New Life as an Artist After Mother's Death
FINAL FIVE with Matthew LaBanca, Performing Artist and Teacher Fired from his Job
Matthew LaBanca Creates a One-Man Show After Being Fired From a Private Catholic School
FINAL FIVE with Chad Beguelin, Broadway Lyricist and Book Writer
Chad Beguelin Uses His Own Broadway Failure as Inspiration for His Debut Novel SHOWMANCE
Stephanie Torns Brings Broadway to EPIC Players
Broadway Touring Understudies and Swings Often Perform Anonymously Onstage
FINAL FIVE with Dwayne Washington, Actor and Educator
Dwayne Washington Left the Industry Twice But "La Boheme" Kept Bringing Him Back
Patrick Oliver Jones Joins StoryBeat with Steve Cuden
FINAL FIVE with Dominic Thrasher, Actor and Writer
Dominic Thrasher Slowly Loses His Ability to Perform and Finds Another Meaning of Success
Listen Now - The Magical Making of Disney's Aladdin on Broadway
FINAL FIVE with Sarah Hester Ross, Singer and Comedian
Sarah Hester Ross Loses Her Voice But Finds Her Passion
FINAL FIVE with Rob Melrose, Artistic Director at Alley Theatre
Rob Melrose on the Joys and Challenges of Directing and Producing Regional Theater
FINAL FIVE with Aaron Ronnie Almani, Actor and Producer
Aaron Ronnie Almani Discovers Life Lessons from Being an Actor and Growing Up in Isreal
FINAL FIVE with Schele Williams, Director of The Wiz and The Notebook Musicals
Schele Williams Is the First Black Woman to Direct a Broadway Musical in 40+ Years
Kelvin Moon Loh Brings Otho to Life in Beetlejuice on Broadway (REWIND)
FINAL FIVE with Conor Tague from How to Dance in Ohio
Conor Tague Is an EPIC Performer Who Learns How to Dance in Ohio
FINAL FIVE with Des McAnuff, Broadway Theater Director
Des McAnuff Offers a Candid Discussion on the First Revival of TOMMY and Other Musicals
FINAL FIVE with Jack Viertel, Theater Producer and Historian
Jack Viertel and the Secret Life of the American Musical
Kerry Sandell & Marci Duncan Explore the Dissonance in Race Relations
Sara Gettelfinger Shares Her Long and Struggling Journey Back to Broadway
EGabrielle Ruiz Discusses THE ADDAMS FAMILY National Tour and Female Representation in the Arts (REWIND)
FINAL FIVE with Ann Harada, Broadway Actress and Singer
Ann Harada Learns That Her Greatest Asset as an Actor Is Being Herself