"AARON BURR:" "1789!" "How does the bastard orphan Immigrant decorated war vet" "Unite the colonies through more debt?" "Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit?" "Have it all, lose it all You ready for more yet?" "Treasury Secretary." "Washington's the President Ev'ry American experiment sets a precedent" "Not so fast." "Someone came along to resist him Pissed him off until we had a two-party system" "You haven't met him yet, you haven't had the chance 'cause he's been kickin' ass as the ambassador to France" "But someone's gotta keep the American promise You simply must meet Thomas." "Thomas!" "JEFFERSON:" "France is following us to revolution" "There is no more status quo But the sun comes up and the world still spins" "I helped Lafayette draft a declaration Then I said, 'I gotta go" "I gotta be in Monticello.' Now the work at Home begins..." "So what'd I miss?" "What'd I miss?" "Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss" "I've been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies..." "I guess I basic'lly missed the late eighties..." "I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this..." "There's a letter on my desk from the President Haven't even put my bags down yet" "Sally be a lamb, darlin', won'tcha open it?" "It says the President's assembling a cabinet" "And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!" "And that I'm already Senate-approved..." "I just got home and now I'm headed up to New York" "Lookin' at the rolling fields I can't believe that we are free" "Ready to face Whatever's awaiting me in NYC" "But who's waitin' for me when I step in the place?" "My friend James Madison, red in the face" "He grabs my arm and I respond "What's goin' on?"" "MADISON:" "Thomas, we are engaged in a battle" "For our nation's very soul Can you get us out of the mess we're in?" "Hamilton's new financial plan is nothing less Than government control" "I've been fighting for the South alone Where have you been?" "JEFFERSON:" "Uh..." "France." "MADISON:" "We have to win" "JEFFERSON:" "What'd I miss?" "Headfirst into a political abyss!" "I have my first cabinet meeting today I guess I better think of something to say" "I'm already on my way Let's get to the bottom of this..." "WASHINGTON:" "Mr. Jefferson, welcome home" "HAMILTON:" "Mr. Jefferson?" "Alexander Hamilton" "WASHINGTON AND ENSEMBLE:" "Mr. Jefferson, welcome home" "Mr. Jefferson, welcome home Sir, you've been off in Paris for so long!" "JEFFERSON:" "So what did I miss?" "WASHINGTON:" "Ladies and gentlemen" "You coulda been anywhere in the world tonight, but you're here with us in New York City." "Are you ready for a cabinet meeting?" "The issue on the table:" "Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank." "Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir" "JEFFERSON:" "'Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'" "We fought for these ideals; we shouldn't settle for less These are wise words, enterprising men quote 'em" "Don't act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote 'em" "But Hamilton forgets His plan would have the government assume state's debts" "Now, place your bets as to who that benefits:" "The very seat of government where Hamilton sits" "HAMILTON:" "Not true!" "JEFFERSON:" "Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it" "If New York's in debt— Why should Virginia bear it?" "Uh!" "Our debts are paid, I'm afraid Don't tax the South cuz we got it made in the shade" "In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground We create." "You just wanna move our money around" "This financial plan is an outrageous demand And it's too many damn pages for any man to understand" "Stand with me in the land of the free And pray to God we never see Hamilton's candidacy" "Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky Imagine what gon' happen when you try to tax our whisky" "WASHINGTON:" "Thank you, Secretary Jefferson." "Secretary Hamilton, your response" "HAMILTON:" "Thomas." "That was a real nice declaration" "Welcome to the present, we're running a real nation Would you like to join us, or stay mellow" "Doin' whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?" "If we assume the debts, the union gets" "A new line of credit, a financial diuretic How do you not get it?" "If we're aggressive and competitive" "The union gets a boost." "You'd rather give it a sedative?" "A civics lesson from a slaver." "Hey neighbor" "Your debts are paid cuz you don't pay for labor "We plant seeds in the South." "We create."" "Yeah, keep ranting We know who's really doing the planting" "And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment Don't lecture me about the war, you didn't fight in it" "You think I'm frightened of you, man?" "We almost died in a trench" "While you were off getting high with the French Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President" "Reticent—there isn't a plan he doesn't jettison Madison, you're mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine" "Damn, you're in worse shape than the national debt is in Sittin' there useless as two shits" "Hey, turn around, bend over, I'll show you Where my shoe fits" "WASHINGTON:" "Excuse me?" "Jefferson, Madison, take a walk!" "Hamilton, take a walk!" "We'll reconvene after a brief recess." "Hamilton!" "HAMILTON:" "Sir!" "WASHINGTON:" "A word" "MADISON:" "You don't have the votes" "JEFFERSON/MADISON:" "You don't have the votes" "You're gonna need congressional approval and you don't have the votes" "JEFFERSON:" "Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder why I even bring the thunder" "WASHINGTON:" "You wanna pull yourself together?" "HAMILTON:" "I'm sorry, these Virginians are birds of a feather" "WASHINGTON:" "Young man, I'm from Virginia, so watch your mouth" "HAMILTON:" "So we let Congress get held hostage by the South?" "WASHINGTON:" "You need the votes" "HAMILTON:" "No, we need bold strokes." "We need this plan" "WASHINGTON:" "No, you need to convince more folks" "HAMILTON:" "James Madison won't talk to me, that's a nonstarter" "WASHINGTON:" "Winning was easy, young man." "Governing's harder" "HAMILTON:" "They're being intransigent" "WASHINGTON:" "You have to find a compromise" "HAMILTON:" "But they don't have a plan, they just hate mine!" "WASHINGTON:" "Convince them otherwise" "HAMILTON:" "What happens if I don't get congressional approval?" "WASHINGTON:" "I imagine they'll call for your removal" "HAMILTON:" "Sir—" "WASHINGTON:" "Figure it out, Alexander." "That's an order from your commander" "ELIZA:" "Un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf" "PHILIP:" "Un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf" "ELIZA:" "Good!" "Un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf" "PHILIP:" "Un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf" "ELIZA:" "Sept huit neuf" "PHILIP:" "Sept huit neuf" "ELIZA:" "Sept huit neuf" "PHILIP:" "Sept huit neuf" "ELIZA AND PHILIP:" "One two three four five six seven eight nine!" "HAMILTON:" "My dearest, Angelica" ""Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day"" "I trust you'll understand the reference to Another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play" "They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain" "Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane" "HAMILTON  ANGELICA:" "And there you are, an ocean away" "Do you have to live an ocean away?" "Thoughts of you subside" "Then I get another letter I cannot put the notion away..." "ELIZA:" "Take a break" "HAMILTON:" "I am on my way" "ELIZA:" "There's a little surprise before supper" "And it cannot wait" "HAMILTON:" "I'll be there in just a minute, save my plate" "ELIZA:" "Alexander" "HAMILTON:" "Okay, okay" "ELIZA:" "Your son is nine years old today" "Has something he'd like to say He's been practicing all day" "Philip, take it away" "PHILIP:" "Daddy, daddy, look" "My name is Philip I am a poet" "I wrote this poem just To show it" "And I just turned nine" "You can write rhymes But you can't write mine" "I practice French And play piano with my mother" "I have a sister, but I want a little brother" "My daddy's trying to start America's bank Un deux trois quatre cinq!" "HAMILTON:" "Bravo!" "ELIZA:" "Take a break" "HAMILTON:" "Hey, our kid is pretty great" "ELIZA:" "Run away with us for the summer Let's go upstate" "HAMILTON:" "Eliza, I've got so much on my plate" "ELIZA:" "We can all go stay with my father" "There's a lake I know..." "HAMILTON:" "I know" "ELIZA:" "In a nearby park" "HAMILTON:" "I'd love to go" "ELIZA:" "You and I can go when the night gets dark..." "HAMILTON:" "I will try to get away" "ANGELICA:" "My dearest Alexander" "You must get through to Jefferson Sit down with him and compromise" "Don't stop 'til you agree Your fav'rite older sister" "Angelica, reminds you There's someone in your corner all the way across the sea" "In a letter I received from you two weeks ago I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase" "It changed the meaning." "Did you intend this?" "One stroke and you've consumed my waking days" "It says:" "HAMILTON  ANGELICA:" ""My dearest Angelica"" "ANGELICA:" "With a comma after "dearest." You've written" "HAMILTON AND ANGELICA:" ""My dearest, Angelica."" "ANGELICA:" "Anyway, all this to say" "I'm coming home this summer At my sister's invitation" "I'll be there with your fam'ly If you make your way upstate" "I know you're very busy I know your work's important" "But I'm crossing the ocean and I just can't wait" "HAMILTON AND ANGELICA:" "You won't be an ocean away" "You will only be a moment away..." "ELIZA:" "Alexander, come downstairs." "Angelica's arriving today!" "Angelica!" "ANGELICA:" "Eliza!" "HAMILTON:" "The Schuyler sisters!" "ANGELICA:" "Alexander" "HAMILTON:" "Hi" "ANGELICA:" "It's good to see your face" "ELIZA:" "Angelica, tell this man ..." "John Adams spends the summer with his family" "HAMILTON:" "Angelica, tell my wife ..." "John Adams doesn't have a real job anyway" "ANGELICA:" "...you're not joining us?" "Wait" "HAMILTON:" "I'm afraid I cannot join you upstate" "ANGELICA:" "Alexander, I came all this way" "ELIZA:" "She came all this way" "ANGELICA:" "All this way" "ELIZA AND ANGELICA:" "Take a break" "HAMILTON:" "You know I have to get my plan through Congress" "ELIZA AND ANGELICA:" "Run away with us for the summer" "Let's go upstate" "HAMILTON:" "I lose my job if I don't get my plan through Congress" "ELIZA AND ANGELICA:" "We can all go stay with our father" "ELIZA:" "There's a lake I know" "ANGELICA:" "I know I'll miss your face" "ELIZA:" "In a nearby park" "ANGELICA:" "Screw your courage to the sticking place" "ELIZA:" "You and I can go" "ANGELICA:" "Eliza's right" "ELIZA AND ANGELICA:" "Take a break and get away" "ANGELICA:" "Run away with us for the summer" "ELIZA:" "Let's go upstate Where we can stay" "ANGELICA:" "We can all go stay with our father If you take your time" "ELIZA:" "Look around, look around At how lucky we are to be alive right now" "ANGELICA:" "You will make your mark Close your eyes and dream" "ELIZA:" "We can go" "ELIZA AND ANGELICA:" "When the night gets dark Take a break." "HAMILTON:" "I have to get my plan through Congress" "I can't stop until I get this plan through Congress" "BURR:" "There's nothing like summer in the city" "Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty" "There's trouble in the air, you can smell it And Alexander's by himself." "I'll let him tell it" "HAMILTON:" "I hadn't slept in a week" "I was weak, I was awake You never seen a bastard orphan" "More in need of a break Longing for Angelica" "Missing my wife That's when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:" "MARIA:" "I know you are a man of honor" "I'm so sorry to bother you at home But I don't know where to go, and I came here all alone..." "HAMILTON:" "She said:" "MARIA:" "My husband's doin' me wrong" "Beatin' me, cheating' me, mistreating' me..." "Suddenly he's up and gone" "I don't have the means to go on" "HAMILTON:" "So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said" "MARIA:" "You're too kind, sir" "HAMILTON:" "I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away" "She lived a block away, she said:" "MARIA:" "This one's mine, sir" "HAMILTON:" "Then I said, "well, I should head back home,"" "She turned red, she led me to her bed Let her legs spread and said:" "MARIA:" "Stay?" "HAMILTON:" "Hey..." "MARIA:" "Hey..." "HAMILTON:" "That's when I began to pray:" "Lord, show me how to Say no to this" "I don't know how to Say no to this" "But my God, she looks so helpless And her body's saying, "hell, yes"" "MARIA:" "Whoa..." "HAMILTON:" "Nooo, show me how to" "Say no to this I don't know how to" "Say no to this In my mind, I'm tryin' to go" "Then her mouth is on mine, and I don't say..." "No!" "No!" "Say no to this!" "I wish I could say that was the last time I said that last time." "It became a pastime" "A month into this endeavor I received a letter From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:" "JAMES:" "Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health" "And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck" "You see, that was my wife who you decided to" "HAMILTON:" "Fuuuu" "JAMES:" "Uh-oh!" "You made the wrong sucker a cuckold" "So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled And hey, you can keep seein' my whore wife" "If the price is right: if not I'm telling your wife" "HAMILTON:" "I hid the letter and I raced to her place" "Screamed "How could you?" "!" in her face She said:" "MARIA:" "No, sir!" "HAMILTON:" "Half dressed, apologetic." "A mess, she looked Pathetic, she cried:" "MARIA:" "Please don't go, sir!" "HAMILTON:" "So was your whole story a setup?" "MARIA:" "I don't know about any letter!" "HAMILTON:" "Stop crying Goddamnit, get up!" "MARIA:" "I didn't know any better" "HAMILTON:" "I am ruined..." "MARIA:" "Please don't leave me with him helpless" "HAMILTON:" "I am helpless—how could I do this?" "MARIA:" "Just give him what he wants and you can have me" "HAMILTON:" "I don't want you" "MARIA:" "Whatever you want" "MARIA:" "If you pay You can stay" "HAMILTON Lord, show me how to say no to this" "I don't know how to Say no to this" "Cuz the situation's helpless And her body's screaming, "Hell, yes"" "No, show me how to Say no to this" "How can I Say no to this?" "There is nowhere I can go" "When her body's on mine I do not say..." "ENSEMBLE:" "No!" "HAMILTON Yes!" "ENSEMBLE:" "No!" "HAMILTON Yes!" "ENSEMBLE:" "No!" "HAMILTON Yes!" "ENSEMBLE:" "No!" "HAMILTON Yes!" "HAMILTON:" "Say no to this..." "I don't say no to this There is nowhere I can go." "JAMES:" "So?" "HAMILTON:" "Nobody needs to know" "BURR:" "Ah, Mister Secretary" "HAMILTON:" "Mister Burr, sir" "BURR:" "Didja hear the news about good old General Mercer?" "HAMILTON:" "No" "BURR:" "You know Clermont Street?" "HAMILTON:" "Yeah" "BURR:" "They renamed it after him." "The Mercer legacy is secure" "HAMILTON:" "Sure" "BURR:" "And all he had to do was die" "HAMILTON:" "That's a lot less work" "BURR:" "We oughta give it a try" "Now how're you gonna get your debt plan through?" "HAMILTON:" "I guess I'm gonna fin'ly have to listen to you" "BURR:" "Really?" "HAMILTON:" ""Talk less." "Smile more."" "Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the Congress floor" "BURR:" "Now, Madison and Jefferson are merciless." "HAMILTON:" "Well, hate the sin, love the sinner" "MADISON:" "Hamilton!" "HAMILTON:" "I'm sorry Burr, I've gotta go" "BURR:" "But—" "HAMILTON:" "Decisions are happening over dinner" "BURR:" "Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room" "Diametric'ly opposed, foes They emerge with a compromise" "Having opened doors that were Previously closed (Bros!" ")" "The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power A system he can shape however he wants" "The Virginians emerge with the nation's capital And here's the pièce de résistance:" "No one else was in The room where it happened" "The room where it happened The room where it happened" "No one else was in The room where it happened" "The room where it happened The room where it happened" "No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade" "How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens" "But no one else is in The room where it happens." "Thomas claims" "JEFFERSON:" "Alexander was on Washington's doorstep one day" "In distress 'n disarray" "BURR AND COMPANY:" "Thomas claims" "JEFFERSON:" "Alexander said" "HAMILTON:" "I've nowhere else to turn!" "JEFFERSON:" "And basic'ly begged me to join the fray" "BURR AND COMPANY:" "Thomas claims" "JEFFERSON:" "I approached Madison and said" ""I know you hate 'im, but let's hear what he has to say."" "BURR AND COMPANY:" "Thomas claims" "JEFFERSON:" "Well, I arranged the meeting" "I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating" "BURR:" "But!" "No one else was in The room where it happened" "The room where it happened The room where it happened" "No one else was in The room where it happened" "The room where it happened The room where it happened" "No one really knows how the Parties get to yesssss" "The pieces that are sacrificed in Ev'ry game of chesssss" "We just assume that it happens" "But no one else is in The room where it happens." "Meanwhile Madison is grappling with the fact that not ev'ry issue can be settled by committee" "Meanwhile Congress is fighting over where to put the capital—" "It isn't pretty Then Jefferson approaches with a dinner and invite" "And Madison responds with Virginian insight:" "MADISON:" "Maybe we can solve one problem with another and win a victory for the Southerners, in other words" "JEFFERSON:" "Oh-ho!" "MADISON:" "A quid pro quo" "JEFFERSON:" "I suppose" "MADISON:" "Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home?" "JEFFERSON:" "Actually, I would" "MADISON:" "Well, I propose the Potomac" "JEFFERSON:" "And you'll provide him his votes?" "MADISON:" "Well, we'll see how it goes" "JEFFERSON:" "Let's go" "BURR:" "No!" "one else was in The room where it happened" "The room where it happened The room where it happened" "No one else was in The room where it happened" "The room where it happened The room where it happened" "My God!" "In God we trust" "But we'll never really know what got discussed Click-boom then it happened" "And no one else was in the room where it happened" "Alexander Hamilton!" "What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river?" "Alexander Hamilton!" "Did Washington know about the dinner?" "Was there Presidential pressure to deliver?" "Alexander Hamilton!" "Or did you know, even then, it doesn't matter Where you put the U.S. Capital?" "HAMILTON:" "Cuz we'll have the banks, we're in the same spot" "BURR:" "You got more than you gave" "HAMILTON:" "And I wanted what I got" "When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game But you don't get a win unless you play in the game" "Oh, you get love for it." "You get hate for it You get nothing if you..." "Wait for it, wait for it, wait!" "God help and forgive me I wanna build" "Something that's gonna Outlive me" "What do you want, Burr?" "What do you want, Burr?" "If you stand for nothing Burr, then what do you fall for?" "I" " I wanna be in" "The room where it happens The room where it happens" "I wanna be in The room where it happens" "The room where it happens" "I" " I wanna be in" "The room where it happens" "I" " I wanna be in" "The room - oh!" "I wanna be, I wanna be, I've gotta be, I've gotta be" "In that room That big ol' room" "The art of the compromise—" "Hold your nose and close your eyes" "We want our leaders to save the day—" "But we don't get a say in what they trade away" "We dream of a brand new start—" "But we dream in the dark for the most part" "Dark as a tomb where it happens" "I've got to be in The room..." "I've got to be..." "I've got to be..." "Oh, I've got to be in The room where it happens..." "I've got to be, I've gotta be, I've gotta be..." "In the room!" "Click-boom!" "PHILLIP:" "Look!" "Grandpa's in the paper!" ""War hero Philip Schuyler loses senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr"" "Grandpa just lost his seat in the senate" "ELIZA:" "Sometimes that's how it goes" "PHILLIP:" "Daddy's gonna find out any minute" "ELIZA:" "I'm sure he already knows" "PHILLIP:" "Further down" "PHILLIP  ELIZA:" "Further down" "PHILLIP:" "Let's meet the newest senator from New York" "ELIZA:" "New York" "PHILLIP  ELIZA:" "Our senator" "HAMILTON:" "Burr?" "Since when are you a Democratic-Republican?" "BURR:" "Since being one put me on the up and up again" "HAMILTON:" "No one knows who you are or what you do" "BURR:" "They don't need to know me" "They don't like you" "HAMILTON:" "Excuse me?" "BURR:" "Oh, Wall Street thinks you're great" "You'll always be adored by the things you create But upstate—" "HAMILTON:" "Wait" "BURR:" "—people think you're crooked Schuyler's seat was up for grabs so I took it" "HAMILTON:" "I've always considered you a friend" "BURR:" "I don't see why that has to end" "HAMILTON:" "You changed parties to run against my father-in-law" "BURR:" "I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw" "I swear your pride will be the death of us all Beware, it goeth before the fall" "WASHINGTON:" "The issue on the table:" "France is on the verge of war with England, and do we provide aid and our troops to our French allies or do we stay out of it?" "Remember, my decision on this matter is not subject to congressional approval." "The only person you have to convince is me." "Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir." "JEFFERSON:" "When we were on death's door" "When we were needy We made a promise" "We signed a treaty We need money and guns and half a chance" "Uh, who provided those funds?" "MADISON:" "France." "JEFFERSON:" "In return, they didn't ask for land," "Only a promise that we'd lend a hand And stand with them" "If they fought against oppressors And revolution is messy" "But now is the time to stand!" "Stand with our brothers" "As they fight against tyranny." "I know that Alexander Hamilton is here and he" "Would rather not have this debate;" "I'll remind you that he is not Secretary of State!" "He knows nothing of loyalty Smells like new money, dresses like fake royalty" "Desperate to rise above his station, Everything he does betrays the ideals of our nation." "Hey, and if you don't know, now you know, Mr. President." "WASHINGTON Thank you, Secretary Jefferson." "Secretary Hamilton, your response?" "HAMILTON:" "You must be out of your goddamn mind" "If you think The President is going to bring the nation to the brink" "Of meddling in the middle of a military mess, A game of chess," "Where France is Queen and King-less." "We signed a treaty with a King whose head is now in a basket," "Would you like to take it out and ask it?" "Should we honor our treaty, King Louis's head?" ""Uh, do whatever you want I'm super dead!"" "WASHINGTON:" "Enough enough, Hamilton is right." "JEFFERSON:" "Mr. President!" "WASHINGTON:" "We're too fragile to start another fight." "JEFFERSON:" "But sir, do we not fight for freedom?" "WASHINGTON:" "Sure, when the French figure out who's gonna lead 'em." "JEFFERSON:" "The people are leading!" "WASHINGTON:" "The people are rioting!" "There's a difference!" "Frankly it's a little disquieting You would let your ideals blind you to reality!" "Hamilton?" "HAMILTON:" "Sir!" "WASHINGTON:" "Draft the statement of neutrality." "JEFFERSON:" "Did you forget Lafayette?" "HAMILTON:" "What?" "JEFFERSON:" "Have you an ounce of regret?" "You accumulate debt, you accumulate power." "Yet in their hour of need, you forget." "HAMILTON:" "Lafayette's a smart man, he'll be fine." "And before he was your friend, he was mine." "If we try to fight in every revolution in the world," "We never stop." "Where do we draw the line?" "JEFFERSON:" "So quick witted." "HAMILTON:" "Alas, I admit it." "JEFFERSON:" "I bet you were quite a lawyer." "HAMILTON:" "My defendants got acquitted" "JEFFERSON:" "Yeah, well someone ought to remind you" "HAMILTON:" "What?" "JEFFERSON:" "You're nothing without Washington behind you." "WASHINGTON:" "Hamilton!" "JEFFERSON:" "Daddy's calling!" "BURR:" "It must be nice, it must be nice" "To have Washington on your side It must be nice, it must be nice" "To have Washington on your side" "JEFFERSON:" "Ev'ry action has its equal, opposite reactions." "Thanks to Hamilton, our cabinet's fractured into factions." "Try not to crack under the stress, we're breaking down like fractions." "We smack each other in the press, and we don't print retractions." "I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of passion The way he primps and preens and dresses like the pits of fashion" "Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration As Wall Street robs 'em blind in search of chips to cash in" "This prick is asking for someone to bring him to task" "Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him" "I'll pull the trigger on him, someone load the gun and cock it" "While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket" "It must be nice, it must be nice To have Washington on your side" "Look back at the Bill of Rights" "MADISON:" "Which I wrote!" "BURR  JEFFERSON:" "The ink hasn't dried" "It must be nice, it must be nice To have Washington on your side" "MADISON:" "So he's doubled the size of the government" "Wasn't the trouble with much of our previous government size?" "BURR:" "Look in his eyes" "JEFFERSON:" "See how he lies" "MADISON:" "Follow the scent of his enterprise" "JEFFERSON:" "Centralizing national credit and making American credit competitive" "MADISON:" "If we don't stop it, we aid and abet it." "JEFFERSON:" "I have to resign!" "MADISON:" "Somebody has to stand up for the South!" "BURR:" "Well, somebody has to stand up to his mouth!" "JEFFERSON:" "If there's a fire you're trying to douse" "You can't put it out from inside the house!" "I'm in the cabinet, I am complicit In watching him grabbing' at power and kiss it." "If Washington isn't gon' listen to disciplined dissidents, This is the difference, this kid is OUT!" "ALL:" "OH!" "This immigrant isn't somebody we chose!" "OH!" "This immigrant's keeping us all on our toes!" "OH!" "Let's show these Federalists what they're up against!" "OH!" "Southern motherfucking Democratic-Republicans!" "OH!" "Let's follow the money and see where it goes!" "OH!" "Because every second, the treasury grows!" "OH!" "If we follow the money and see where it leads" "Get in the weeds, look for the seeds of Hamilton's misdeeds!" "It must be nice, it must be nice..." "MADISON:" "Follow the money and see where it goes!" "ALL:" "It must be nice, it must be nice..." "JEFFERSON:" "The emperor has no clothes" "ALL:" "We won't be invisible" "We won't be denied!" "Still..." "It must be nice, it must be nice To have Washington on your side" "HAMILTON:" "Mr. President, you asked to see me?" "WASHINGTON:" "I know you're busy" "HAMILTON:" "What do you need, sir?" "Sir?" "WASHINGTON:" "I wanna give you a word of warning" "HAMILTON:" "Sir, I don't know what you heard" "But whatever it is, Jefferson started it" "WASHINGTON:" "Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning" "HAMILTON:" "You're kidding" "WASHINGTON:" "I need a favor" "HAMILTON:" "Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior!" "WASHINGTON:" "Shh." "Talk less" "HAMILTON:" "I'll use the press" "I'll write under a pseudonym, you'll see what I can do to him" "WASHINGTON:" "I need you to draft an address" "HAMILTON:" "Yes!" "He resigned." "You can finally speak your mind" "WASHINGTON:" "No ..." "He's stepping down so he can run for President" "HAMILTON:" "Ha!" "Good luck defeating you, sir." "WASHINGTON:" "I'm stepping down." "I'm not running for President" "HAMILTON:" "I'm sorry, what?" "WASHINGTON:" "One last time" "Relax, have a drink with me One last time" "Let's take a break tonight And then we'll teach them how to say goodbye" "To say goodbye You and I" "HAMILTON:" "No, sir, why?" "WASHINGTON:" "I wanna talk about neutrality" "HAMILTON:" "Sir" "With Britain and France on the verge of war, is this the best time ..." "WASHINGTON:" "I want to warn against partisan fighting" "HAMILTON:" "But—" "WASHINGTON:" "Pick up a pen, start writing" "I wanna talk about what I have learned The hard-won wisdom I have earned" "HAMILTON:" "As far as the people are concerned" "You have to serve, you could continue to serve" "WASHINGTON:" "No!" "One last time The people will hear from me" "One last time And if we get this right" "We're gonna teach 'em how to say Goodbye" "You and I" "HAMILTON:" "Mr. President, they will say you're weak" "WASHINGTON:" "No, they will see we're strong" "HAMILTON:" "Your position is so unique" "WASHINGTON:" "So I'll use it to move them along" "HAMILTON:" "Why do you have to say goodbye?" "WASHINGTON:" "If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on" "It outlives me when I'm gone" "Like the scripture says:" ""Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree And no one shall make them afraid."" "They'll be safe in the nation we've made" "I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree A moment alone in the shade" "At home in this nation we've made One last time" "HAMILTON:" "One last time" "Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error" "I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects Not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors." "I shall also carry with me The hope" "That my country will View them with indulgence" "And that after forty-five years of my life Dedicated to its service with an upright zeal" "The faults of incompetent abilities will be Consigned to oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest" "I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking" "In the midst of my fellow-citizens, The benign influence of good laws under a free government The ever-favorite object of my heart" "And the happy reward, as I trust Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers." "One last time" "COMPANY:" "George Washington's going home!" "HAMILTON:" "Teach 'em how to say goodbye" "COMPANY:" "George Washington's going home" "WASHINGTON:" "You and I" "COMPANY:" "George Washington's going home" "WASHINGTON:" "Going home" "COMPANY:" "George Washington's going home" "WASHINGTON:" "History has its eyes on you" "COMPANY:" "George Washington's going home" "WASHINGTON:" "We're gonna teach 'em how to Say goodbye!" "Teach 'em how to Say goodbye!" "To say goodbye!" "Say goodbye!" "One last time!" "KING GEORGE III:" "They say" "George Washington's yielding his power and stepping away" "Is that true?" "I wasn't aware that was something a person could do" "I'm perplexed." "Are they going to keep on replacing whoever's in charge?" "If so who's next?" "There's nobody else in their country who looms quite as large" "What?" "John Adams?" "I know him That can't be" "That's that little guy who spoke to me All those years ago" "What was it, '85?" "That poor man they're going to eat him alive!" "Ocean's rise, empires fall Next to Washington they all look small" "All alone, watch them run" "They will tear each other in to pieces Jesus Christ this will be fun!" "President John Adams" "Good luck!" "BURR:" "How does Hamilton the short-tempered, protean creator of the coast guard, founder of the New York Post ardently abuse his cabinet post destroy his reputation?" "Welcome folks, to the Adam's Administration." "Jefferson's the runner-up which makes him the vice-president" "MADISON:" "Washington can't help you now" "No more Mr. Nice President" "BURR:" "Adams fires Hamilton" "Privately calls him creole bastard in his toss" "Hamilton publishes his response." "HAMILTON:" "Sit down John" "You fat mother-fucker!" "JEFFERSON:" "Hamilton's out of control," "MADISON:" "This is great:" "He's out of power, he holds no office and he just destroyed president John Adams the only other significant member of his party" "JEFFERSON:" "Hamilton is a host unto himself" "As long as he can hold a pen, he's a threat." "Let's let him know what we know." "HAMILTON:" "Mr. Vice President" "Mr. Madison" "Senator Burr" "What is this?" "JEFFERSON:" "We have the check stubs." "From separate accounts..." "MADISON:" "Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts..." "BURR:" "To a Mr. James Reynolds" "Way back in Seventeen ninety-one" "HAMILTON:" "Is that what you have?" "Are you done?" "MADISON:" "You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position" "JEFFERSON:" "Though 'virtue' is not a word I'd apply to this situation" "MADISON:" "To seek financial gain, to stray from your sacred mission" "JEFFERSON:" "And the evidence suggests you've engaged in speculation" "BURR:" "An immigrant embezzling our government funds" "JEFFERSON/MADISON:" "I can almost see the headline, your career is done" "BURR:" "I hope you saved some money for your daughter and sons" "BURR/JEFFERSON/MADISON:" "Ya best g'wan run back where ya come from!" "HAMILTON:" "Ha!" "You don't even know what you're asking me to confess" "JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR:" "Confess" "HAMILTON:" "You have nothing." "I don't have to tell you anything at all Unless" "JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR:" "Unless" "HAMILTON:" "If I can prove that I never broke the law" "Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?" "BURR:" "No one else was in the room where it happened" "HAMILTON:" "Is that a yes?" "JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR:" "Um, yes" "BURR:" ""Dear Sir," "I hope this letter finds you in good health And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth" "In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck You see, it was my wife who you decided to"" "JEFFERSON:" "Whaaaat—" "HAMILTON:" "She courted me" "Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner That's when Reynolds extorted me" "For a sordid fee I paid him quarterly" "I may have mortally wounded my prospects But my papers are orderly!" "As you can see I kept a record Of every check in my checkered history" "Check it again against your list n' see consistency I never spent a cent that wasn't mine" "You sent the dogs after my scent, that's fine Yes, I have reasons for shame" "But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action" "Are my answers to your satisfaction?" "JEFFERSON:" "My God" "MADISON:" "Gentlemen, let's go" "HAMILTON:" "So?" "JEFFERSON AND MADISON:" "The people won't know what we know" "HAMILTON:" "Burr!" "How do I know you won't use this against me The next time we go toe to toe?" "BURR:" "Alexander, rumors only grow." "And we both Know what we know" "HAMILTON:" "In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet" "For just a moment A yellow sky" "When I was seventeen a hurricane Destroyed my town" "I didn't drown I couldn't seem to die" "I wrote my way out Wrote everything down far as I could see" "I wrote my way out I looked up and the town had its eyes on me" "They passed a plate around Total strangers" "Moved to kindness by my story" "Raised enough for me to book passage on a Ship that was New York bound..." "I wrote my way out of hell I wrote my way to revolution" "I was louder than the crack in the bell I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell" "I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well" "And in the face of ignorance and resistance I wrote financial systems into existence" "And when my prayers to God were met with indifference I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance" "In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet" "For just a moment A yellow sky" "I was twelve when my mother died She was holding me" "We were sick and she was holding me I couldn't seem to die" "BURR:" "Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it..." "HAMILTON:" "I'll write my way out..." "BURR AND ENSEMBLE:" "Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it..." "HAMILTON:" "Write ev'rything down, far as I can see..." "BURR AND ENSEMBLE:" "Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait..." "HAMILTON:" "I'll write my way out..." "Overwhelm them with honesty." "This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only Way I can protect my legacy..." "COMPANY:" "Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait..." "HAMILTON:" "The Reynolds Pamphlet" "COMPANY:" "The Reynolds Pamphlet" "JEFFERSON/MADISON/ANGELICA:" "Have you read this?" "BURR/JEFFERSON/MADISON:" "Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair" "And he wrote it down right there" "MADISON:" "Highlights!" "HAMILTON/JEFFERSON:" ""The charge against me" "Is a connection with one James Reynolds!" "For purposes of Improper speculation" "My real crime is an Amorous connection with his wife" "For a considerable time With his knowing consent" "MADISON/BURR/JEFFERSON:" "Damn!" "HAMILTON/JEFFERSON/MADISON:" ""I had frequent meetings with her Most of them at my own house."" "BURR:" "At his own house!" "MADISON:" "At his own house!" "DEEP VOICE:" "Damn!" "HAMILTON/JEFFERSON:" ""Mrs. Hamilton with our children being absent On a visit to her father."" "MADISON/BURR:" "No..." "COMPANY:" "Boooo!" "MADISON/BURR:" "Have you read this?" "JEFFERSON:" "Well, he's never gon' be President now" "MADISON/BURR:" "Never gon' be President now" "JEFFERSON:" "Well, he's never gon' be President now" "MADISON/BURR:" "Never gon' be President now" "JEFFERSON:" "He's never gon' be President now" "MADISON/BURR:" "Never gon' be President now" "JEFFERSON:" "That's one less thing to worry about" "JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR:" "That's one less thing to worry about!" "ANGELICA:" "I came as soon as I heard" "JEFFERSON:" "What?" "!" "HAMILTON:" "Angelica" "COMPANY:" "All the way from London?" "!" "Damn" "HAMILTON:" "Angelica, thank God" "Someone who understands what I'm Struggling here to do" "ANGELICA:" "I'm not here for you" "COMPANY:" "Oooooh!" "ANGELICA:" "I know my sister like I know my own mind" "You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind I love my sister more than anything in this life" "I will choose her happiness over mine every time" "Put what we had aside I'm standing at her side" "You could never be satisfied God, I hope you're satisfied" "JEFFERSON/MADISON/BURR:" "Well, he's never gon' be President now" "Well, he's never gon' be President now" "That's one less thing to worry about." "JEFFERSON/MADISON/HAMILTON:" "Hey!" "At least he was honest with our money!" "Well he's never gon' be President now" "Hey!" "At least he was honest with our money!" "That's one less thing to worry about." "The Reynolds Pamphlet" "Have you read this?" "You ever see somebody ruin their own life?" "His poor wife" "ELIZA HAMILTON I saved every letter you wrote me" "From the moment I read them I knew you were mine" "You said you were mine I thought you were mine" "Do you know what Angelica said When we saw your first letter arrive?" "She said: "Be careful with that one, love he will do what it takes to survive."" "You and your words flooded my senses Your sentences left me defenseless" "You built me palaces out of paragraphs You built cathedrals" "I'm re-reading the letters you wrote me I'm searching and scanning for answers" "In every line For some kind of sign" "And when you were mine The world seemed to burn" "Burn" "You published the letters she wrote you You told the whole world how you brought this girl" "Into our bed" "In clearing your name You have ruined our lives" "Do you know what Angelica said When she read what you'd done?" "She said: "You have married an Icarus." "He has flown too close to the sun."" "You and your words obsessed with your legacy Your sentences border on senseless" "And you are paranoid in every paragraph How they perceive you" "You, you, you" "I'm erasing myself from the narrative Let future historians wonder" "How Eliza reacted When you broke her heart" "You have torn it all apart I'm watching it burn" "Watching it burn" "The world has no right to my heart The world has no place in our bed" "They don't get to know what I said I'm burning the memories" "Burning the letters that might have redeemed you" "You forfeit all rights to my heart You forfeit the place in our bed" "You'll sleep in your office instead" "With only the memories of when you were mine" "I hope that you burn" "PHILIP:" "Meet the latest graduate of King's College!" "I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but, dag, I amaze and astonish!" "The scholars say I got the same virtuosity and brains as my pops!" "The ladies say my brain's not where the resemblance stops!" "I'm only nineteen but my mind is older" "Gotta be my own man, like my father, but bolder I shoulder his legacy with pride" "I used to hear him say That someday I would—" "ENSEMBLE:" "Blow us all away!" "PHILIP:" "Ladies, I'm lookin for a Mr. George Eacker" "Made a speech last week, our Fourth of July speaker He disparaged my father's legacy in front of a crowd" "I can't have that, I'm making my father proud" "MARTHA:" "I saw him just up Broadway a couple of blocks" "He was goin' to see a play" "PHILIP:" "Well, I'll go visit his box" "DOLLY:" "God, you're a fox" "PHILIP:" "And y'all look pretty good in ya' frocks" "How 'bout when I get back, we all strip down to our socks?" "BOTH:" "Ok!" "COMPANY:" "Blow us all away!" "PHILIP:" "George!" "GEORGE:" "Shh" "PHILIP:" "George!" "GEORGE:" "Shh!" "I'm tryin' to watch the show!" "PHILIP:" "Ya' shoulda watched your mouth before you Talked about my father though!" "GEORGE:" "I didn't say anything that wasn't true" "You father's a scoundrel, and so, it seems, are you" "ENSEMBLE:" "Ooooooooooh!" "PHILIP:" "It's like that?" "GEORGE:" "Yeah, I don't fool around I'm not your little schoolboy friends" "PHILIP:" "See you on the dueling ground" "That is, unless you wanna step outside and go now" "GEORGE:" "I know where to find you, piss off I'm watchin' this show now" "PHILIP:" "Pops, if you had only heard" "The shit he said about you I doubt you would have let it slide and I was not about to—" "HAMILTON:" "Slow down" "PHILIP:" "I came to ask you for advice." "This is my very first duel They don't exactly cover this subject in boarding school" "HAMILTON:" "Did your friends attempt to negotiate a peace?" "PHILIP:" "He refused to apologize, we had to let the peace talks cease" "HAMILTON:" "Where is this happening?" "PHILIP:" "Across the river, in Jersey" "HAMILTON/PHILIP:" "Everything is legal in New Jersey..." "HAMILTON Alright." "So this is what you're gonna do:" "Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front of you" "When the time comes, fire your weapon in the air This will put an end to the whole affair" "PHILIP:" "But what if he decides to shoot?" "Then I'm a goner" "HAMILTON:" "No." "He'll follow suit if he's truly a man of honor" "To take someone's life, that is something you can't shake Philip, your mother can't take another heartbreak" "PHILIP:" "Father—" "HAMILTON:" "Promise me." "You don't want this Young man's blood on your conscience" "PHILIP:" "Okay, I promise" "HAMILTON:" "Come back home when you're done" "Take my guns." "Be smart." "Make me proud, son" "PHILIP:" "My name is Philip" "I am a poet I'm a little nervous, but I can't show it" "I'm sorry, I'm a Hamilton with pride You talk about my father, I cannot let it slide" "Mister Eacker!" "How was the rest of your show?" "GEORGE:" "I'd rather skip the pleasantries" "Let's go Grab your pistol" "PHILIP:" "Confer with your men" "The duel will commence after we count to ten" "ENSEMBLE:" "Count to ten!" "PHILIP:" "Look 'em in the eye, aim no higher" "Summon all the courage you require Then slowly and clearly aim your gun towards the sky—" "MALE ENSEMBLE:" "One two three four" "FULL ENSEMBLE:" "Five six seven" "ENSEMBLE WOMEN:" "Stay alive..." "Stay alive..." "HAMILTON:" "Where's my son?" "DOCTOR:" "Mr. Hamilton, come in." "They brought him in a half an hour ago." "He lost a lot of blood on the way over." "HAMILTON:" "Is he alive?" "DOCTOR:" "Yes." "But you have to understand" "The bullet entered just above his hip and Lodged in his right arm" "HAMILTON:" "Can I see him please?" "DOCTOR:" "I'm doing ev'rything I can" "But the wound was Already infected when he arrived—" "HAMILTON:" "Philip" "PHILIP:" "Pa" "I did exactly as you said, Pa I held my head up high" "HAMILTON:" "I know, I know." "Shh, I know, I know" "Shh." "I know you did Ev'rything just right" "PHILIP:" "Even before we got to ten" "I was aiming for the sky" "HAMILTON:" "I know, I know" "PHILIP:" "I was aiming for the sky" "HAMILTON:" "Shh, I know, I know I know" "Save your strength and Stay alive..." "ELIZA:" "No!" "HAMILTON:" "Eliza" "ELIZA:" "Is he breathing?" "Is he going to survive this?" "Who did this, Alexander, did you know?" "PHILIP:" "Mom, I'm so sorry for forgetting what you taught me" "ELIZA:" "My son" "PHILIP:" "We played piano" "ELIZA:" "I taught you piano" "PHILIP:" "You would put your hands on mine" "ELIZA:" "You changed the melody every time" "PHILIP:" "Ha." "I would always change the line" "ELIZA:" "Shh." "I know, I know" "PHILIP:" "I would always change the line" "ELIZA:" "I know, I know" "ELIZA:" "Un deux trois quatre Cinq six sept huit neuf" "PHILIP:" "Un deux trois quatre Cinq six sept huit neuf" "ELIZA:" "Good" "Un deux trois quatre" "PHILIP:" "Un deux trois..." "ELIZA:" "Sept huit neuf—" "Sept huit..." "ANGELICA:" "There are moments that the words don't reach" "There is suffering too terrible to name" "You hold your child as tight as you can And push away the unimaginable" "The moments when you're in so deep It feels easier to just swim down" "The Hamiltons move uptown And learn to live with the unimaginable" "HAMILTON:" "I spend hours in the garden" "I walk alone to the store And it's quiet uptown" "I never liked the quiet before" "I take the children to church on Sunday A sign of the cross at the door" "And I pray" "That never used to happen before" "WOMEN:" "If you see him in the street" "Walking by himself, talking to himself Have pity" "HAMILTON:" "Philip, you would like it uptown" "It's quiet uptown" "WOMEN:" "He is working through the unimaginable" "MEN:" "His hair has gone grey." "He passes every day They say he walks the length of the city" "HAMILTON:" "You knock me out, I fall apart" "COMPANY:" "Can you imagine?" "HAMILTON:" "Look at where we are" "Look at where we started" "I know I don't deserve you, Eliza But hear me out" "That would be enough" "If I could spare his life If I could trade his life for mine" "He'd be standing here right now And you would smile" "And that would be enough" "I don't pretend to know The challenges we're facing" "I know there's no replacing what we've lost And you need time" "But I'm not afraid" "I know who I married" "Just let me stay here by your side" "That would be enough" "COMPANY:" "If you see him in the street" "Walking by her side, talking by her side Have pity" "HAMILTON:" "Eliza, do you like it uptown?" "It's quiet uptown" "COMPANY:" "He is trying to do the unimaginable" "See them walking in the park, long after dark Taking in the sights of the city" "HAMILTON:" "Look around, look around, Eliza" "COMPANY:" "They are trying to do the unimaginable" "ANGELICA:" "There are moments that the words don't reach" "There is a grace too powerful to name We push away what we can never understand" "We push away the unimaginable" "They are standing in the garden Alexander by Eliza's side" "She takes his hand" "ELIZA:" "It's quiet uptown" "COMPANY:" "Forgiveness." "Can you imagine?" "Forgiveness." "Can you imagine?" "If you see him in the street, walking by her Side, talking by her side, have pity" "They are going through the unimaginable" "ENSEMBLE:" "The Election of 1800!" "JEFFERSON:" "Can we get back to politics?" "MADISON:" "Please?" "JEFFERSON:" "Yo, every action has its equal opposite reaction" "John Adams shat the bed I love the guy, but he's in traction" "Poor Alexander Hamilton, he is missing in action So now I'm facing Aaron Burr with his own faction" "MADISON:" "He's very attractive in the North New Yorkers like his chances" "JEFFERSON:" "He's not very forthcoming on any particular stances" "MADISON:" "Ask him a question, it glances off He obfuscates, he dances" "JEFFERSON:" "And they say I'm a Francophile At least they know I know where France is" "MADISON:" "Thomas, that's the problem See, they see Burr as a less extreme you" "You need to change course A key endorsement might redeem you" "JEFFERSON:" "Who did you have in mind?" "MADISON:" "Don't laugh" "JEFFERSON:" "Who is it?" "MADISON:" "You used to work on the same staff." "JEFFERSON:" "Whaaaat?" "MADISON:" "It might be nice, it might be nice To get Hamilton on your side" "JEFFERSON AND MADISON:" "It might be nice, it might be nice To get Hamilton on your side" "AARON BURR:" "Talk less!" "Smile more!" "Don't let them know what you're against Or what you're for!" "Shake hands with him!" "Charm her!" "It's 1800 Ladies, tell your husbands, vote for Burr!" "VARIOUS ENSEMBLE:" "I don't like Adams!" "Well, he's gonna lose, that's just defeatist." "And Jefferson?" "In love with France!" "Yeah, he's so elitist!" "I like that Aaron Burr!" "I can't believe we're here with him!" "He seems approachable?" "Like you could grab a beer with him" "ENSEMBLE:" "Dear Mr. Hamilton" "Your fellow Federalists Would like to know how you'll be voting" "HAMILTON:" "It's quiet uptown..." "ENSEMBLE:" "Dear Mr. Hamilton" "John Adams doesn't stand a chance, So who you are you promoting?" "HAMILTON:" "It's quiet uptown..." "ENSEMBLE:" "Jefferson or Burr?" "Jefferson or Burr?" "We know, it's lose/lose" "Jefferson or Burr?" "Jefferson or Burr?" "But if you had to choose..." "Dear Mr. Hamilton" "John Adams doesn't stand a chance So who you are you promoting?" "But if you had to choose!" "HAMILTON:" "Well, if isn't Aaron Burr, sir." "BURR:" "Alexander!" "HAMILTON:" "You've created quite a stir, sir." "BURR:" "I'm going door to door!" "HAMILTON:" "You're openly campaigning?" "BURR:" "Sure!" "HAMILTON:" "That's new." "BURR:" "Honestly, it's kind of draining" "HAMILTON:" "Burr?" "BURR:" "Sir?" "HAMILTON:" "Is there anything you wouldn't do?" "BURR:" "No, I'm chasing what I want, and you know what?" "HAMILTON:" "What?" "BURR:" "I learned that from you" "ENSEMBLE:" "If you had to choose, if you had to choose..." "MADISON:" "It's a tie" "ENSEMBLE:" "If you had to choose, if you had to choose..." "JEFFERSON:" "It's up to the delegates" "ENSEMBLE:" "If you had to choose, if you had to choose..." "JEFFERSON AND MADISON:" "It's up to Hamilton!" "ENSEMBLE:" "If you had to choose, if you had to choose..." "Jefferson or Burr?" "Jefferson or Burr?" "Choose, choose, choose!" "HAMILTON:" "Yo" "The people are asking to hear my voice" "But the country is facing a difficult choice" "And you were to ask me who I'd promote Jefferson has my vote" "I have never agreed with Jefferson once..." "We have fought on like 75 different fronts" "But when all said and all is done..." "Jefferson has beliefs;" "Burr has none" "ENSEMBLE:" "Ooooh!" "JEFFERSON AND MADISON:" "Well, I'll be damned!" "Well, I'll be damned!" "MADISON:" "Hamilton's on your side" "ENSEMBLE:" "Well, I'll be damned!" "Well, I'll be damned!" "MADISON:" "And... you won in a landslide" "BURR:" "Congrats on a race well won" "I did give you a fight." "JEFFERSON:" "Uh-huh..." "BURR:" "I look forward to our partnership." "JEFFERSON:" "Our partnership?" "BURR:" "As your vice president!" "JEFFERSON:" "Yeah, right!" "You hear this guy?" "Man openly campaigns against me Talking 'bout "I look forward to our partnership!"" "MADISON:" "It is crazy that the guy who comes in second gets to be vice president" "JEFFERSON:" "Ooh!" "Y'know what, we can change that!" "Y'know why?" "MADISON:" "Why?" "JEFFERSON:" "'Cause I'm the president!" "Burr, uh..." "When you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement." "BURR:" "How does Hamilton" "An arrogant Immigrant, orphan" "Bastard, whoreson" "Somehow endorse Thomas Jefferson, his enemy" "A man he's despised since the beginning Just to keep me from winning?" "I wanna be in the room where it happens" "The room where it happens The room where it happens" "You've kept me from The room where it happens" "For the last time" "Dear Alexander:" "I am slow to anger But I toe the line" "As I reckon with the effects Of your life on mine" "I look back on where I failed And in every place I checked" "The only common thread has been your disrespect" "Now you call me "amoral," A "dangerous disgrace,"" "If you've got something to say" "Name a time and place Face to face" "I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant" "A dot Burr" "HAMILTON:" "Mr. Vice President:" "I am not the reason no one trusts you No one knows what you believe" "I will not equivocate on my opinion I have always worn it on my sleeve" "Even if I said what you think I said You would need to cite a more specific grievance" "Here's an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements" "BURR:" "Sweet Jesus" "HAMILTON:" "Hey, I have not been shy" "I am just a guy in the public eye Tryin' to do my best for our republic" "I don't wanna fight But I won't apologize for doing what's right" "I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant" "A dot Ham" "BURR:" "Careful how you proceed, good man Intemperate indeed, good man" "Answer for the accusations I lay at your feet or Prepare to bleed, good man" "HAMILTON:" "Burr, your grievance is legitimate" "I stand by what I said, every bit of it You stand only for yourself" "It's what you do I can't apologize because it's true" "BURR:" "Then stand, Alexander" "Weehawken." "Dawn Guns." "Drawn" "HAMILTON:" "You're on" "BURR AND HAMILTON:" "I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant" "HAMILTON:" "A dot Ham" "BURR:" "A dot Burr" "ELIZA:" "Alexander, come back to sleep" "HAMILTON:" "I have an early meeting out of town" "ELIZA:" "It's still dark outside" "HAMILTON:" "I know, I just need to write something down" "ELIZA:" "Why do you write like you're running out of time?" "HAMILTON:" "Shh" "ELIZA:" "Come back to bed, that would be enough" "HAMILTON:" "I'll be back before you know I'm gone" "ELIZA:" "Come back to sleep" "HAMILTON:" "This meeting's at dawn" "ELIZA:" "Well I'm going back to sleep" "HAMILTON:" "Hey" "Best of wives and best of women" "MALE COMPANY:" "One two three four" "FULL COMPANY:" "Five six seven eight nine—" "BURR:" "There are ten things you need to know" "COMPANY:" "Number one!" "BURR:" "We rowed across the Hudson at dawn" "My friend, William P. Van Ness signed on as my—" "BURR AND COMPANY:" "Number two!" "BURR:" "Hamilton arrived with his crew:" "Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew" "COMPANY:" "Number three!" "BURR:" "I watched Hamilton examine the terrain" "I wish I could tell you what was happ'ning in his brain This man has poisoned my political pursuits!" "COMPANY:" "Most disputes die and no one shoots!" "Number four!" "BURR:" "Hamilton drew first position" "Looking, to the world, like a man on a mission This is a soldier with a marksman's ability" "The doctor turned around so he could have deniability" "COMPANY:" "Five!" "BURR:" "Now I didn't know this at the time But we were—" "BURR, PHILIP AND HAMILTON:" "Near the same spot Your/My son died, is that why " "COMPANY:" "Six!" "BURR:" "He examined his gun with such rigor?" "I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger" "COMPANY:" "Seven!" "BURR:" "Confession time?" "Here's what I got:" "My fellow soldiers'll tell you I'm a terrible shot" "COMPANY:" "Number eight!" "MEN:" "Your last chance to negotiate" "Send in your seconds See if they can set the record straight" "BURR:" "They won't teach you this in your classes" "But look it up, Hamilton was wearing his glasses" "Why?" "If not to take deadly aim?" "It's him or me, the world will never be the same" "I had only one thought before the slaughter:" "This man will not make an orphan of my daughter" "COMPANY:" "Number nine!" "BURR:" "Look him in the eye, aim no higher" "Summon all the courage you require Then count:" "COMPANY:" "One two three four five six seven eight nine" "Number ten paces!" "Fire!" "—" "HAMILTON:" "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory" "Is this where it gets me On my feet, sev'ral feet ahead of me?" "I see it coming Do I run or fire my gun or let it be?" "There is no beat, no melody" "Burr, my first friend, my enemy Maybe the last face I ever see" "If I throw away my shot Is this how you'll remember me?" "What if this bullet is my legacy?" "Legacy." "What is a legacy?" "It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see" "I wrote some notes At the beginning of a song someone will sing for me" "America, you great unfinished symphony You sent for me, you let me make a difference" "A place where even orphan immigrants Can leave their fingerprints and rise up" "I'm running out of time." "I'm running, and my time's up" "Wise up!" "Eyes up!" "I catch a glimpse of the other side Laurens leads a soldiers' chorus on the other side" "My son is on the other side He's with my mother on the other side" "Washington is watching from the other side Teach me how to say goodbye" "Rise up, rise up, rise up!" "Eliza" "My love, take your time" "I'll see you on the other side" "Raise a glass to freedom..." "BURR AND COMPANY:" "He aims his pistol at the sky—" "BURR:" "Wait!" "I strike him right between his ribs" "I walk towards him, but I am ushered away" "They row him back across the Hudson" "I get a drink" "I hear wailing in the streets" "Somebody tells me, "You'd better hide."" "They say" "BURR AND ANGELICA:" "Angelica and Eliza—" "BURR:" "Were both at his side when he died" "Death doesn't discriminate Between the sinners and the saints" "It takes and it takes and it takes" "History obliterates In every picture it paints" "It paints me and all my mistakes" "When Alexander aimed at the sky He may have been the first one to die" "But I'm the one who paid for it" "I survived, but I paid for it" "Now I'm the villain in your history" "I was too young and blind to see..." "I should've known I should've known" "The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me" "The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me" "WASHINGTON:" "Let me tell you what I wish I'd known" "When I was young and dreamed of glory You have no control" "Who lives, who dies Who tells your story?" "BURR:" "President Jefferson:" "JEFFERSON:" "I'll give him this" "His financial system is a work of genius." "I couldn't undo it if I tried" "And I tried" "COMPANY:" "Who lives, who dies Who tells your story?" "BURR:" "President Madison:" "MADISON:" "He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity" "I hate to admit it, but he doesn't get enough credit For all the credit he gave us" "COMPANY:" "Who lives, who dies Who tells your story?" "ANGELICA:" "Every other founding father's story gets told" "Every other founding father gets to grow old" "BURR:" "But when you're gone, who remembers your name?" "Who keeps your flame?" "ENSEMBLE:" "Who tells your story?" "WOMEN:" "Eliza" "ELIZA:" "I put myself back in the narrative" "WOMEN:" "Eliza" "ELIZA:" "I stop wasting time on tears" "I live another fifty years It's not enough" "COMPANY:" "Eliza" "ELIZA:" "I interview every soldier who fought by your side" "MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS:" "She tells our story" "ELIZA:" "I try to make sense Of your thousands of pages of writings" "You really do write like you're running out of time" "I rely on—" "ELIZA AND ANGELICA:" "Angelica" "ELIZA:" "While she's alive—" "ELIZA AND ANGELICA:" "We tell your story" "ELIZA:" "She is buried in Trinity Church" "ELIZA AND ANGELICA:" "Near you" "ELIZA:" "When I needed her most, she was right on time" "ELIZA:" "And I'm still not through" "I ask myself "What would you do if you had more time"" "The Lord, in his kindness He gives me what you always wanted, he gives me more time" "I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument" "WASHINGTON:" "She tells my story" "ELIZA:" "I speak out against slavery" "You could have done so much more If you only had time" "And when my time is up, have I done enough?" "Will they tell our story?" "Oh." "Can I show you what I'm proudest of?" "COMPANY:" "The orphanage" "ELIZA:" "I established the first private orphanage in New York City" "COMPANY:" "The orphanage" "ELIZA:" "I help to raise hundreds of children I get to see them growing up" "COMPANY:" "The orphanage" "ELIZA:" "In their eyes I see you, Alexander" "I see you every time" "And when my time is up Have I done enough?" "Will they tell my story?" "Oh, I can't wait to see you again" "It's only a matter of time" "COMPANY:" "Will they tell your story?" "Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?" "Will they tell your story?" "Who lives, who dies— Who tells your story?"