Comedian, actor, producer, author and director Ray Romano is returning to The Summit Showroom in The Venetian for two nights of his signature standup on Friday, Oct. 11, and Saturday, Oct. 12.
Romano began his career in 1984 as a standup in New York, which led to appearances on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson and later with Jay Leno. After his first appearance on “Late Night With David Letterman,” Romano was offered a development deal with Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants, which led to the creation of “Everybody Loves Raymond” for CBS.
The show ran from 1996 to 2006 and is still one of the most popular and respected sitcoms in TV history. Romano won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2002 and as one of the show’s executive producers, he also received Emmys in 2003 and 2005 for Outstanding Comedy Series and shared a 2003 Screen Actors Guild Award with the show’s cast.
Romano made his feature-film debut in 2003 as the voice of Manny the wooly mammoth in 20th Century Fox’s animated hit “Ice Age” and reprised the role in four sequels. He was also the subject of a 2006 documentary “95 Miles to Go.” In 1998, he wrote The New York Times bestseller “Everything and a Kite,” and his comedy album “Live at Carnegie Hall” was nominated for a Grammy in 2002.
2019 saw the release of his standup special “Right Here, Around the Corner,” the indie film “Paddleton” with Mark Duplass and Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, all for Netflix. Romano was also seen in HBO’s “Bad Education,” with Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney. His latest series “Made for Love” was released on HBOMax in April 2021 and ran for two seasons.
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