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WoodKnapp94
Since: May, 2020

When a musical, in later runs or productions, cuts a song from the show but references to it are still present in other songs (as a leitmotif or reprise, for example).
For example, in Frozen (2018) Anna's song "True Love" was cut was from post-Broadway productions but still appears melodically and lyrically in Anna's verses in Reprise Medley song "Colder by the Minute".
My gut reaction would be The Artifact but I feel that relates more to plot progression rather than different iterations of the same story.
Edit: wording
Edited by iloveserperior