Ray Romano being inducted into LI Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame
Actor and Comedian Ray Romano (2nd from right) and his longtime manager and show Executive Producer Rory Rosegarten (second from left) will be inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame in November. Credit: Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame
Actor Ray Romano and his longtime manager Rory Rosegarten will become the first nonmusical inductees into Stony Brook’s Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame, the venue has announced.
The induction is set for Nov. 5 and will be open to the public with limited tickets available.
Romano, born in Queens, played the fictional Newsday sports reporter Ray Barone on the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond." Based on Romano’s stand-up comedy routines, the show was set in the Lynbrook home of Barone and his family, which included his stressed-out wife (Patricia Heaton) and their three children (played by siblings Madylin, Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten). Dropping in often were Barone’s eccentric brother (Brad Garrett) and their maddening parents (Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle). The show ran for nine seasons from 1995 to 2006, won a total of 15 Emmys and proved popular among audiences and critics alike. Entertainment Weekly called it "a fascinatingly humane portrait of suburban dysfunction."
Inductees must be either natives of Long Island, defined to include Brooklyn and Queens in addition to Nassau and Suffolk counties, or residents of Long Island "for a significant amount of time." Rosegarten, who in addition to managing Romano was also an executive producer of "Everybody Loves Raymond," is a longtime Nassau County resident, according to the Hall of Fame.
"As our organization has expanded from music to include entertainment, they are worthy inductees into our Hall of Fame," Hall of Fame chairman Ernie Canadeo said in a statement.
The venue last year opened an "Everybody Loves Raymond" exhibit featuring the full set from the show’s 30th anniversary television special and plans to extend it into 2027.
"Being born and raised in New York, it's a huge honor for me to be inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame," Romano said in a statement from the museum. "Their "Everybody Loves Raymond" exhibit is the closest thing to time travel for me, transporting me back to a magical period in my life both personally and professionally."
For tickets to the induction and for more information go to limusichalloffame.org.
Most Popular
Top Stories
