#speculation log

Official Website for the Cincinnati Production. Some notes on pages:

Malcolm and Chris are played by the same actor, unknown if this is the standard or just a result of limited cast but if the former it does confirm suspicions that they are separate characters with one actor and not one single character.

Mr. Hunter is listed as "Lt. Hunter" and by looking into the story section we see he has been changed from a district superintendent to a police lieutenant investigating the Hard Harry case.

Character named Ricky is listed in cast, possibly a combination of the characters Joey (Seth Green) and Donald(Kid selling tapes) from the film but uncertain. I will say I believe this to be Character A in "Speak To Me", though I still believe they are is Malcom or Chris in "Waiting in the Night".

Still no information on "When Harry Comes On" OR "Children Be Good". However, I discovered something recently relating to a DIFFERENT musical that could be of help.

A Youtuber by the alias TheGamerFromMars made a video titled “The Missing Pokemon Movie- Internet Mysteries”, In which he detailed information about the touring stage-show Pokemon Live. In this video, he mentions how most Broadway theatre performances will often get at least one professionally recording, because of a partnership with The New York Public Library to keep these shows preserved indefinitely. However, this footage is not available for regular public viewing. According to him, the person need a “Valid Reason” to see the footage... And they are only allowed into a small private room to view it, as this is extremely rare footage and they don’t want people just taking it in and out of the library.

While I have doubts any footage of this musical ever was recorded, It does bring up hope for other Broadway shows with strong followings that currently aren’t playing or initially bombed. There is also the possibility the library might hold something else, such as a script... But, the video itself only mentions recorded footage and not scripting or stage books. There’s also the fact that it doesn’t mention off-Broadway productions that took place in New York for any period of time... Which brings us back to square one again.

Given the amount of effort put into the 6 demo songs (multiple instruments, layered vocals, stereoscopic sound), I'm beginning to wonder if they actually are perhaps relics of an unreleased cast recording, given that the musical was likely completed AND had at least one concert preformance. The quality almost seems to polished for demo/pitch tracks (Unless they actually have even more complex instrumentals then what can be heard)...

Given this, it isn't odd to assume that at least one other song was recorded partially before the project went silent... though incredibly unlikely and probably nowhere online.

The absence of “Waiting in the Night” from Jeff Thomson’s Sound Cloud leads me to believe it may have been the earliest written song. His library is meant to showcase songs that he composed/wrote. So, It is quite possible that PUTV had a different composer at one point, but they dropped out early and were replaced by Thomson.