Lin-Manuel Miranda & “In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
“In the Heights” Original Broadway Company & Mandy Gonzalez
Christopher Jackson & Mandy Gonzalez
Karen Olivo, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Robin de Jesús
Carlos Gómez
Andrea Burns, Janet Dacal, Karen Olivo & Mandy Gonzalez
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Robin de Jesús, Seth Stewart, Janet Dacal & Andrea Burns
Olga Merediz & “In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson & “In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
Eliseo Román
“In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
“In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson & “In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Olga Merediz
Priscilla Lopez
Andréa Burns
Carlos Gómez
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mandy Gonzalez & “In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
Mandy Gonzalez
Eliseo Román
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Karen Olivo
Mandy Gonzalez & Christopher Jackson
Doreen Montalvo, Lin-Manuel Miranda & “In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
Lin-Manuel Miranda & “In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
Karen Olivo, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Robin de Jesús
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Robin de Jesús, Seth Stewart, Janet Dacal & Andrea Burns
Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson & “In the Heights” Original Broadway Company
Directly following “The Club”, “Blackout” tracks the characters of the barrio during the chaos of a sudden blackout.
Abuela Claudia reveals to Usnavi that she was the one who bought the winning lottery ticket, entrusting him with the winnings.
Benny and Nina finally admit their feelings for each o...
[PIRAGUA GUY]
¿Oye, qué pasó?
[USNAVI]
Blackout, blackout!
[PIRAGUA GUY (GRAFFITI PETE/TWO MEN)]
Vino el apagón, ¡ay dios! (Oh, no!)
[PIRAGUA GUY/TWO MEN, USNAVI, ENSEMBLE]
¿Oye, qué pasó? (Blackout, blackout!) (Oh, no!)
[PIRAGUA GUY/TWO MEN, BENNY, ENSEMBLE]
Vino el apagón, ¡ay dios! (Hold up, wait, hold up, wait!) (Oh, no!)
[USNAVI, BENNY, ENSEMBLE]
Yo! I! Can’t see! (Nina, where'd you go?) (Oh, no!)
Quit shovin’ you son of a— (I can't find you) (Oh, no!)
It’s an oven and we gotta back out (Nina, take it slow, I'm behind you) (Oh, no!)
This is a blackout! (Oh, no)
Chill, for real or we’re gonna get killed!
[KEVIN, SONNY, MEN]
Calling all taxis! (What's going on, what's going on?) (Oh, no!)
[KEVIN/USNAVI, SONNY, MEN]
Everyone relax please (Suddenly I find the electricity is gone) (Oh, no!)
[KEVIN, SONNY, MEN]
Calling all taxis! (What's going on, what's going on?) (Oh, no!)
[KEVIN/USNAVI, SONNY, MEN]
Everyone relax please (I gotta guard the store, make sure that nothing's going wrong) (Oh, no!)
[BENNY, SONNY, ENSEMBLE]
Somebody better open these goddamn doors! (What's going on, what's going on?) (Oh, no!)
[VANESSA, SONNY, ENSEMBLE]
Somebody better open these goddamn doors! (Gotta find Usnavi, tell him what is going on) (Oh, no!)
[BENNY, SONNY, ENSEMBLE]
Somebody better open these goddamn doors! (Nothing is on, nothing is on) (Oh, no!)
[VANESSA/SONNY, ENSEMBLE]
And I can’t find Usnavi (No! No! No!)
[BENNY, USNAVI, NINA]
Nina where’d you go? (Vanessa) (Has anyone seen Benny?)
Nina where’d you go? (Vanessa)
Nina where’d you go? (Vanessa) (Benny)
[BENNY, USNAVI, VANESSA]
I can’t find you! (I gotta go) (Usnavi, help me!)
[BENNY, USNAVI, NINA]
Nina where’d you go? (Vanessa) (Has anyone seen Benny?)
Nina where’d you go? (Vanessa)
Nina where’d you go? (Vanessa) (Benny)
[BENNY, USNAVI, VANESSA]
I can’t find you! (I gotta go) (Usnavi, help me!)
[KEVIN, VANESSA]
Please find Nina!
Find Camila! (Find my way home)
If you see my family
Bring them home! (Usnavi, help me!)
[SONNY, VANESSA]
We are powerless
We are powerless (You left me alone!)
[SONNY/CAMILA/PIRAGUA GUY/ENSEMBLE]
We are powerless, we are powerless
[GRAFFITI PETE]
Yo! Yo! They throwin’ bottles in the street
People lootin’ and shootin’
Sonny, they wanna see a robbery
We gotta keep movin’
[SONNY]
Naw, man, I can’t leave, we gotta guard the store!
[GRAFFITI PETE]
They gonna bombard the store
Until you ain’t got a store no more!
[SONNY]
I got a baseball bat on a rack in the back
[GRAFFITI PETE]
I got a couple Roman candles
We can distract the vandals
[SONNY]
Hey, yo, I see some thugs comin’
Man, we gonna get jacked up
[GRAFFITI PETE]
Gimme a light, I’ll be right back. Back up—
[GRAFFITI PETE/SONNY]
Back up! Back up!
[An explosion is heard as fireworks are set off.]
[COMPANY]
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
[SONNY]
It’s late and this grate won’t come down, come down!
[SONNY, CARLA]
It’s late and this grate (Oh God, so much panic!)
Won’t come down! (The crowd was manic)
[SONNY/TWO MEN, CARLA, DANIELA]
We are powerless (With everybody screaming and shoving and shouting and slapping) (Mira, mi amor, házme un favor)
We are powerless (And everyone's franctic! What's happening with you?) (Despiértale abuela y a lo mejor ella tiene una vela)
[SONNY/CARLA/PIRAGUA GUY/MEN, DANIELA]
We are powerless (Estuve bailando cuando vino el apagón)
[SONNY/CARLA/PIRAGUA GUY/VANESSA/ENSEMBLE, DANIELA]
We are powerless (Aquí hay gente)
[SONNY/PIRAGUA GUY/VANESSA/ENSEMBLE, DANIELA]
Powerless! (Pero no sé quienes son)
[COMPANY]
Look at the fireworks
[USNAVI]
Abuela, are you alright?
[COMPANY]
Light up the night sky
[ABUELA CLAUDIA]
The stars are out tonight!
[COMPANY]
Look at the fireworks
[USNAVI]
You’re not alone tonight
[COMPANY]
Light up the night sky
[USNAVI (ABUELA CLAUDIA)]
You’re not alone tonight (I'm not alone tonight)
[ABUELA CLAUDIA]
Usnavi, please promise me
You’ll guard this with your life
[USNAVI]
Abuela, I’ve never seen—
[USNAVI/ABUELA CLAUDIA]
This much money in my life!
[BENNY]
Nina, there you are!
[NINA]
I’ve gotta go!
[BENNY]
I’ll get you out of here tonight
[NINA]
I don’t need anything!
Tonight, I can find my way home—
[BENNY]
Then find your way home!
[NINA]
Without you
[NINA/BENNY]
Without you!
[Nina runs off.]
[USNAVI/KEVIN/SONNY/ENSEMBLE]
Look at the fireworks
[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA/CARLA/ENSEMBLE]
Look at the fireworks
[USNAVI/KEVIN/SONNY/ENSEMBLE]
Look at the fireworks
[PIRAGUA GUY/DANIELA/CARLA/ENSEMBLE]
Look at the fireworks
[COMPANY]
Light up the night sky
[CARLA/DANIELA/PIRAGUA GUY/TWO MEN]
Light up the night sky
[COMPANY]
En Washington—
Look at the fireworks
Look at the fireworks
[VANESSA/ABUELA CLAUDIA/USNAVI/ENSEMBLE]
Light up the night sky
[GRAFFITI PETE/THREE WOMEN/THREE MEN]
Light up the night sky
[Benny finds Nina. They kiss.]
[COMPANY]
En Washington Heights!
Blackout was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Blackout was produced by Joel Moss & Kurt Deutsch & Andres Levin & Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire & Lin-Manuel Miranda.
“In the Heights” Original Broadway Company released Blackout on Tue Jun 03 2008.