The Altoona Mirror announced that “Lyme Disease: The Musical” was runner up for two 2022 Broadway World Los Angeles Awards. The show was nominated for five awards, and was runner up in two categories, Best New Play or Musical and Best Supporting Performer in a Musical: Zozo Chen-Wernik. Drag: the Musical at The Bourbon Room won Best New Play or Musical and Renee Wylder won Best Supporting Performer in a Musical for her performance in Legally Blonde at the Cupcake Theater. Click here to read the article in the Altoona Mirror, or read the reprint below.
Lyme Disease musical earns runner-up awards
JAN 27, 2023
A musical based on Altoona native Ellen Thompson’s journey with Lyme disease captured two runner up spots in the Broadway World Los Angeles Awards, which are based on audience voting.
A musical based on Altoona native Ellen Thompson’s journey with Lyme disease captured two runner up spots in the Broadway World Los Angeles Awards, which are based on audience voting.
“Lyme Disease: The Musical” was runner up for Best New Play or Musical category losing to “Drag the Musical.” Lyme Disease’s Zozo Chen-Wernik was runner up in the Best Supporting Performer in a Musical category where Renee Wylder won “Legally Blonde.” Audiences voted during December and the awards announced Jan. 23.
Thompson and Altoona native Robert Glen Decker were nominated for the awards for their work on the dark, musical comedy. Thompson wrote [the] book, the lyrics and produced the play while Decker [was] nominated for Best Direction of a Musical.
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