Lin-Manuel Miranda & Melissa Barrera & & Corey Hawkins & Dascha Polanco & Stephanie Beatriz & Daphne Rubin-Vega & Jimmy Smits & Olga Merediz & Lin-Manuel Miranda & Anthony Ramos
Corey Hawkins & Leslie Grace
Leslie Grace & Doreen Montalvo & Rubén Blades
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Leslie Grace & Melissa Barrera
Melissa Barrera, Anthony Ramos & Gregory Diaz IV
Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Gregory Diaz IV, Noah Catala, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco & Melissa Barrera
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Leslie Grace & Corey Hawkins
Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera & Corey Hawkins
Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Olga Merediz, Gregory Diaz IV, Noah Catala, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz & Dascha Polanco
Olga Merediz
Various Artists
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Melissa Barrera, Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Corey Hawkins, Gregory Diaz IV & Leslie Grace
Corey Hawkins & Leslie Grace
Melissa Barrera & Anthony Ramos
Various Artists
Anthony Ramos & Leslie Grace & Marc Anthony
Directly following “The Club”, “Blackout” tracks the characters of the barrio during the chaos of a sudden blackout.
The blackout can also be seen as a metaphor for the barrio’s state of decline. The residents have no power, both literally and metaphorically in terms of political or social influenc...
[MAN 1]
¿Oye, qué pasó?
[MAN 2]
Blackout, blackout!
[CUCA]
Vino el apagón
¡Ay, Dios!
[MAN 1, MEN, WOMEN]
¿Oye, qué pasó? Oh, no!
Oh, no!
[ALL]
Blackout, blackout!
[MAN 1, MEN, WOMEN]
Vino el apagón Oh, no!
¡Ay, Dios! Oh, no!
[ABUELA CLAUDIA, MEN]
We are powerless Oh, no!
We are powerless Oh, no!
We are powerless Oh, no!
We are powerless Oh, no!
[MAN, (BENNY), GROUP 1, GROUP 2, GROUP 3]
We are
Somebody Powerless Oh
Better open No! Oh
These goddamn We are
Doors! Powerless
(Somebody) Oh No!
(Better open) No! Oh
(These goddamn)
(Doors!) We are
Somebody Powerless! Oh No!
Better open No! Oh
These goddamn We are
Doors! Powerless!
[VANESSA, ENSEMBLE]
And I can't find Usnavi! Powerless!
[BENNY, (USNAVI), NINA, VANESSA]
Nina where'd (Vanessa)
You go?
Nina where'd (Vanessa) Has anyone
You go? Seen Benny?
Nina where'd (Vanessa)
You go? Benny...
I can't find (I gotta) Usnavi?
You! (Go)
[GRAFFITI PETE]
It's getting hotter in the street!
Everybody is nervous
[SONNY]
Hey yo, we gotta be at Usnavi's
Street light's out of service
Because we're powerless our hour is at hand
[GRAFFITI PETE]
It's you and me
[SONNY]
You know what we gotta do?
[GRAFFITI PETE]
Illuminate the community
[SONNY]
When the sparks ignite, we gon' light up the night
[GRAFFITI PETE]
Bottle rockets don't go locus everybody let's focus
[SONNY]
Gather 'round, these are free
Grab your ammo and stack up
[GRAFFITI PETE]
Give me a light, 'till the power goes
Back up
[GRAFFITI PETE/SONNY]
Back up! Back up!
[GROUP 1, (GROUP 2)]
Look at the fireworks...
(Look at the fireworks fly!)
Light up the night sky...
(Light up the night sky!)
Look at the fireworks...
(Look at the fireworks fly!)
Light up the night sky!
(Light up the night sky...)
[CARLA, DANIELA, ENSEMBLE]
We are
Oh god, so much Mira mi amor Powerless
Panic! Házme un favor! We are
The crowd was Despiérta la Abeula Powerless
Manic with Y a lo mejora ella
Everybody Tiene una vela! We are
Screaming and Estuve Powerless!
Shoving Bailando
And shouting and Cuando
Slapping Vino el apagón
And everyone's Aquí hay gente We are
Frantic! What's Pero no sé Powerless!
Happening with you? Quienes son! Powerless!
[VANESSA]
Usnavi...
[USNAVI]
Yeah, Vanessa
[VANESSA]
You abandoned me
[USNAVI]
Yo, what are you talking about
[VANESSA]
Usnavi all night, you barely even danced with me
[USNAVI]
Don't make me laugh, I've been trying all night
You've been shaking your ass for like half of the Heights
[VANESSA]
Real nice
[USNAVI]
You barely gave me a chance all evening
[VANESSA]
What?
[USNAVI]
Do I get another dance?
[VANESSA]
I'm leaving
[USNAVI]
Vanessa
[VANESSA]
I gotta go
[USNAVI]
Don't walk away from us tonight
[VANESSA]
I don't need anything tonight
I can find my way home
[USNAVI]
Keep running away from home
[VANESSA]
Without you
[USNAVI/VANESSA]
Without you
[COMMUNITY]
Look at the fireworks...
[USNAVI]
Abuela are you alright?
[COMMUNITY]
Light up the night sky...
[ABUELA CLAUDIA]
The stars are out tonight!
[COMMUNITY]
Look at the fireworks...
[USNAVI]
You're not alone tonight...
[COMMUNITY]
Light up the night sky...
[USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA]
You're not alone tonight...
[GROUP 1 (& 2)]
Look at the fireworks (Look at the fireworks)
Look at the fireworks (Look at the fireworks)
Light up the night sky (Light up the night sky)
[ALL]
En Washington...
Look at the fireworks...
Look at the fireworks...
[GROUP 1]
Light up the night sky...
[GROUP 2]
Light up the night sky...
Blackout was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Blackout was produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Kurt Deutsch & Joel Moss & Bill Sherman & Andres Levin & Alex Lacamoire.
Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Olga Merediz, Gregory Diaz IV, Noah Catala, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz & Dascha Polanco released Blackout on Fri Jun 11 2021.