Will Everybody Love Raymond’s Tribeca Fest Directing Debut ‘Somewhere In Queens,’ And Why Is Ray Romano So Worried About It?

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Ray Romano tonight makes his directorial debut with the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Somewhere In Queens. While this affable guy made a fortune starring in one of the biggest sitcoms of all time, then headlined the animated franchise Ice Age and went on to become the rare sitcom star to succeed as a dramatic actor in films including Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Romano doesn’t try to hide the nervousness he feels before tonight’s 8 PM premiere at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center.

Or the almost paralyzing anxiety he felt at the prospect of making the film.Romano stars as the son of an Italian construction business owner who toils unappreciated in dad’s business along with everyone else in the family.

Life with his wife (Laurie Metcalf) in Queens is unexceptional, except when Leo watches his son Sticks (Jacob Ward) play high school basketball.

The kid excels, and dad revels in the youth’s ever success, and the plaudits dad receives from fans and the parents of teammates.