Lin-Manuel Miranda will help open Broadway vaccine site in Times Square

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He’s not throwing away his COVID-19 vaccine shot.

Broadway’s “Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to help celebrate the opening of a new Times Square COVID-19 vaccination center on Monday that will cater to people in the theater, TV and film industries, city officials said.

“We want to make it easier for the actors and crews to get vaccinated,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio at a morning press conference — as he teased Miranda’s upcoming afternoon appearance at the site’s opening at 20 Times Square.

“I’ll be up there at the vaccine site — the vaccination site — to kick it off, and we’re going to have a very special guest join us for this important moment,” the mayor said.

City Hall sources later confirmed to The Post that the “special guest” was Miranda, whose musical about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton is famous for songs including “My Shot.”

“We want the film and TV community to be part of our vaccination effort as well — we will welcome them to our Times Square vaccination center,” the mayor said.

The site is located on Seventh Avenue between West 47th and West 48th streets.

Veteran actress Michelle Hurd appeared virtually at the press conference to tout the new immunization center.

“Because of the pandemic, this past year has been hard — very hard — for performing artists,” said the actress, who has appeared in everything from TV’s “Law & Order: SVU’’ to “Star Trek: Picard.”

“Motion pictures and television sets have shut down, Broadway’s dark. It’s taken a toll on all of us,” she said.

“This vaccination site sends a powerful message that the arts, entertainment and media industry is coming back.”

Broadway was shut down in mid-March last year under state orders as the coronavirus pandemic began.

Restrictions on the industry were finally eased starting this past April 2 — although entertainment venues including theaters are only allowed to reopen at 33 percent capacity or up to 100 people indoors, which is not feasible for Broadway houses yet.

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