non stop off broadway
After the war I went back to New York
A-After the war I went back to New York
I finished up my studies and I practiced law
I practiced law, Burr worked next door
Even though we started at the very same time
Alexander Hamilton began to climb
How to account for his rise to the top?
Maaaaan, the man is
Non-stop!
Gentlemen of the jury, I’m curious, bear with me
Are you aware that we’re making hist’ry?
This is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation
The liberty behind
Deliberation—
Non-stop!
I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
With my assistant counsel—
Co-counsel
Hamilton, sit down
Our client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call your first witness
That’s all you had to say!
Okay!
One more thing—
Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?
Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?
Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?
Soon that attitude may be your doom!
Awwww!
              Why do you write like you’re                Why do you write like you’re                  running out of time?               running out of time?                 Write day and night like                   you’re running out of time?                  Ev’ry day you fight, like                Ev’ry day you fight, like                  you’re running out of time?               you’re running out of time?                 Keep on fighting. In the                   meantime—       Non-stop!  
I'll keep all my cards
Close to my chest
I'll wait here and see
Which way the wind
Will blow
I'm taking my time
Watching the
Afterbirth of a nation
Watching the tension grow
And Hamilton is non-stop
Corruption’s such an old song that we can sing along in harmony
And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany
This colony’s economy’s increasingly stalling and
              Honestly, that’s why public service       He's just           Seems to be calling me       Non-stop!  
I practiced the law, I practic’ly perfected it
I’ve seen injustice in the world and I’ve corrected it
Now for a strong central democracy
If not, then I’ll be Socrates
Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities
Awww!
Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention:
I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!
There as a New York junior delegate:
                    Now what I’m going to say may                    sound indelicate…                   Awwww!                     Goes and proposes his own                   form of government!               What?                 His own plan for a new form of                   government!               What?        
Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!
Bright young man…
Yo, who the fuck is this?
              Why do you always say what      
  
           you believe?               Hey!                 Why do you always say what       
         you believe?       
         Ev’ry conversation                   guarantees free ammunition                Hey!        
           for your enemies!           Awwww!               Why do you write like it’s                  Going out of style, hey?               Going out of style, hey!                 Why do you write like it’s                  Going out of style?               Going out of style, hey!        
Ev’ry day you fight like it’s
Going out of style
Do what you do
Alexander?
Aaron Burr, sir
It’s the middle of the night
Can we confer, sir?
Is this a legal matter?
Yes, and it’s important to me
What do you need?
Burr, you’re a better lawyer than me
Okay
I know I talk too much, I’m abrasive
You’re incredible in court. You’re succinct, persuasive
My client needs a strong defense. You’re the solution
Who’s your client?
The new U.S. Constitution?
No
Hear me out
No way!
A series of essays, anonymously published
Defending the document to the public
No one will read it
I disagree
And if it fails?
Burr, that’s why we need it
The constitution’s a mess
So it needs amendments
It’s full of contradictions
So is independence
We have to start somewhere
No. No way
You’re making a mistake
Good day
      I'll keep all my plans    Close to my chest         Wait for it, wait for                  It, wait…         I'll wait here and see    Which way the wind         Which way the wind         Will blow         Will blow         I'm taking my time         I'm taking my time         Watching the         Watching the         Afterbirth of a nation         Afterbirth of a nation         Watching the tension grow         Watching the tension grow        
I am sailing off to London
I’m accompanied by someone who always pays
I have found a wealthy husband
Who can keep me in comfort for all my days
He is not a lot of fun, but there’s no one
Who can match you for turn of phrase
My Alexander
Angelica
Don’t forget to write
Look at where you are
Look at where you started
The fact that you’re alive is a miracle
Just stay alive, that would be enough
And if your wife could share a fraction of your time
If I could grant you peace of mind
Would that be enough?
Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays defending the new United States Constitution, entitled The Federalist Papers. The plan was to write a total of twenty-five essays, the work divided evenly among the three men. In the end, they wrote eighty-five essays, in the span of six months. John Jay got sick after writing five. Madison wrote twenty-nine. Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one!
      How do you write like you're    Running out of time?         Running out of time?         Write day and night like you're            Running out of time?               Running out of time?                     Ev’ry day you fight like you’re                  Running out of time like you're               Running out of time                 Like you're running out of time               Running out of time         Are you running out of time?  
How do you write like tomorrow won’t arrive?
How do you write like you need it to survive?
How do you write ev’ry second you’re alive?
Ev’ry second you’re alive? Ev’ry second you’re alive?
They are asking me to lead
I am doing the best I can
To get the people that I need
I’m asking you to be my right hand man
Treasury or State?
I know it’s a lot to ask
Treasury or State?
To leave behind the world you know…
Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?
Treasury
Let’s go
Alexander…
I have to go
Alexander—
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now
Helpless…
They are asking me to lead
Look around, isn’t this enough?
          Will he ever              be satisfied What would       be enough       Will he ever        To              be satisfied       Be satisfied?      Satisfied         Satisfied       History             Satisfied...               Satisfied...       has its       eyes...         Why do you                      assume you’re the             On...         smartest in the                    Look                 room? Why do you            around          assume you’re the        
          Look                 smartest in the        
  around!          room? Why do you        
 Will he ever Isn't this  room? 
 Satisfied... be enough? History Soon that 
   has its attitude's gonna be    Satisfied  eyes... your doom! 
   On... Why do you fight 
   You... like you're running       out of time? 
 Why do you fight Why do you fight  Why do you fight 
 like like  like   
History has its eyes on you
              I am not throwin’ away my shot!                   Just you wait!                 I am not throwin’ away my shot!           Just you wait!   I am    Alexander Hamilton! Alexander Hamilton    Hamilton, just you    wait!           I am not throwin’ away my shot!         