How come Laurens died for Alexander?

That's the only no song bit. Hamilton a sung-through musical whereas most musicals have dialogue between songs. LMM purposely decided to exclude this bit because in his words

1) It really is more of a scene than a song, the only SCENE in our show, and I think its impact is at its fullest in production form. 2) As someone who grew up ONLY listening to cast albums (we ain’t have money for a lot of Broadway shows, like most people) those withheld moments were REVELATIONS to me when I finally experienced them onstage, years later. Hamilton is sung through, and I wanted to have at least ONE revelation in store for you. I stand by the decision, and I think the album is better for it.

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