Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs & Okieriete Onaodowan
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry
Thayne Jasperson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Jonathan Groff & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & Renée Elise Goldsberry
Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom, Jr. & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Anthony Ramos, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Jonathan Groff
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Leslie Odom, Jr.
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry
Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan
Phillipa Soo, Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Renée Elise Goldsberry
Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sydney James Harcourt & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Anthony Ramos, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan
Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Jonathan Groff
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr. & Okieriete Onaodowan
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Phillipa Soo
Anthony Ramos, Ariana DeBose, Sasha Hutchings, Ephraim Sykes, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Phillipa Soo & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry
Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton”
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Phillipa Soo
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Historically, this song is out of place in the timeline given by the show. It jumps back almost three years from Hamilton’s wedding (1780) to the Continental Army’s winter at Valley Forge (1777-78), the Battle of Monmouth (1778), and the Lee-Laurens duel (1779).
However, narratively, “Stay Alive” h...
[ELIZA]
Stay alive…
[ELIZA/ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE WOMEN]
Stay alive…
[HAMILTON]
I have never seen the General so despondent
I have taken over writing all his correspondence
Congress writes, “George, attack the British forces.”
I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our horses
Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance
They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence
[WASHINGTON]
The cavalry’s not coming
[HAMILTON]
But, sir!
[WASHINGTON]
Alex, listen. There’s only one way for us to win this
Provoke outrage, outright
[HAMILTON]
That’s right
[WASHINGTON]
Don’t engage, strike by night
Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight
[HAMILTON]
Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight
[WASHINGTON]
Outrun
[HAMILTON]
Outrun
[WASHINGTON]
Outlast
[HAMILTON]
Outlast
[WASHINGTON]
Hit ‘em quick, get out fast
[HAMILTON]
Chick-a-plao!
[WASHINGTON]
Stay alive ‘til this horror show is past
We’re gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
Raise a glass!
[MULLIGAN]
I go back to New York and my apprenticeship
[LAFAYETTE]
I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship
[LAURENS]
I stay at work with Hamilton
We write essays against slavery
And every day’s a test of our camaraderie
And bravery
[HAMILTON]
We cut supply lines, we steal contraband
We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand
And ev’ry day
“Sir, entrust me with a command,”
And ev’ry day
[WASHINGTON]
No
[HAMILTON]
He dismisses me out of hand
[HAMILTON, LEE, ELIZA/ANGELICA]
Stay alive...
Instead of me, he promotes Charles Lee (Charles Lee)
Makes him second-in-command:
[LEE]
I’m a General. Whee!!!!
[HAMILTON]
Yeah. He’s not the choice I would have gone with
[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]
He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth
[WASHINGTON]
Ev’ryone attack!
[LEE]
Retreat!
[WASHINGTON]
Attack!
[LEE]
Retreat!
[WASHINGTON]
What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your feet!
[LEE]
But there’s so many of them!
[WASHINGTON]
I’m sorry, is this not your speed?!
Hamilton!
[HAMILTON]
Ready, sir!
[WASHINGTON]
Have Lafayette take the lead!
[HAMILTON]
Yes, sir!
[LAURENS]
A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat
[LAFAYETTE]
As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat
[HAMILTON]
Charles Lee was left behind
Without a pot to piss in
He started sayin’ this to anybody who would listen:
[LEE]
Washington cannot be left alone to his devices
Indecisive, from crisis to crisis
The best thing he can do for the revolution
Is turn n’ go back to plantin’ tobacco in Mount Vernon
[COMPANY]
Oo!!
[WASHINGTON]
Don’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong
[HAMILTON]
But, sir!
[WASHINGTON]
We have a war to fight, let’s move along
[LAURENS]
Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold him to it
[HAMILTON]
I can’t disobey direct orders
[LAURENS]
Then I’ll do it
Alexander, you’re the closest friend I’ve got
[HAMILTON]
Laurens, do not throw away your shot
Stay Alive was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Stay Alive was produced by Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire & Black Thought & ?uestlove & Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton released Stay Alive on Fri Sep 25 2015.