#speculation log

[keeptheairalive]

Cast

DREW BOWEN (Mark/”Hard Harry”) is a musical theatre major at Wright State from Cincinatti, OH who was previously seen in the Festival Pl

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".

No mentions of the Characters Ms. Emerson, Mr. Deaver, or Mr. Murdock. While the latter 2 could just be ensemble roles Emerson was a pretty major part of the film so her absence is peculiar. Though, it's possible that the roles listed are only major cast and other characters are considered supporting. This would also mean that Stacie and Tracie could now be considered major cast if this is the case since they are on this list.

[keeptheairalive]

Speculation/Progress Log Entry 6/27/2018

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.

I am also currently considering getting help from "Lost Media Wiki" to see if they can dig anything up. I’m not sure if they’d be interested seeing how they don’t have a very expansive section on live theatre, but I’m hoping at least on person might know. 

[keeptheairalive]

Speculation Log 6/8/2018

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.

-Mod Penguin

[keeptheairalive]

Speculation Log 5/25/2018

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.

That or he simply didn’t have it on hand when uploading.