Television Star Ray Romano Performs at 2 and 7 P.M. Sunday, July 31.

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For the past nine years, Romano has brought one of America's most- loved comic characters to life on the hit CBS show "Everybody Loves Raymond." In 2002, Romano won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of successful sports writer Ray Barone, whose oddball family life is the subject of much humor. The show won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2003.

Romano started seriously considering stand-up comedy as a career after performing in an open-mic night at a New York comedy club in 1984.He worked as a futon mattress delivery man and a bank teller while doing comedy at night before deciding to pursue his dream full time. He won a stand-up comedy competition sponsored by a major New York radio station and began performing regularly at comedy clubs around the country.

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Television Star Ray Romano Performs at 2 and 7 P.M. Sunday, July 31.

In 1990, he appeared on television for the...

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