On the 6th Attempt:

Each time it appears to go slightly longer (a second or two) after I click new game before the loading animation and sounds lock up.

The duration between the freeze and the recovery likewise increases by about 15-20 seconds.

The duration of the recovery seems to stay the same at roughly 4-5 seconds, however, on the sixth attempt, only the animation froze again after the recovery, the sounds continued to play until the game crashed.

I also realize that I neglected to mention that the loading screen dims by 10-15% percent, 10-20 seconds after the second time the animation freezes and remains that way until the program crashes.