LOS ANGELES — Lin-Manuel Miranda will not make it to the Academy Awards this year after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, the composer said via Twitter on Saturday.
The “Hamilton” creator is nominated for an original song Oscar for the animated feature “Encanto” and also directed the biopic “Tick, Tick ... Boom!” that is in contention for awards. The composer said he had successfully traveled to Hollywood this weekend with this family, and although he had not tested positive, was taking a cautious approach and avoiding the major gathering.
Miranda is one of the first high-profile attendees to publicly drop out of the event this weekend as testing was imposed on the Oscars’ guests to avoid an outbreak at the awards. The show on Sunday will culminate days of parties across town at a time when a new variant of the illness is spreading across the region.
