Come to the World Premiere of Ray Romano's new film, Somewhere in Queens at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 10, 2022! Plus, you will receive a casting consultation with Douglas Aibel via Zoom.
A deeply moving and funny New york coming of age story, starring, written and directed by Emmy award winning Ray Romano and co-starring the Tony and Emmy award winning Actress Laurie Metcalf. As the prospect of athletic scholarships becomes more likely for his basketball star son Sticks (Jacob Ward), Leo Russo (Ray Romano) secretly meddles in teen social dynamics to make sure his child stays happy and continues playing well. But keeping secrets from his observant wife Angela (Laurie Metcalf) and extended Italian-American family proves more difficult than expected. Somewhere in Queens brings Romano’s idiosyncratic comedic voice onto the big screen with ample heart and hilarity. A crowd-pleasing dramedy that isn’t scared of getting awkward, Romano’s directorial debut is a love letter to the biggest borough in New York City and flawed parents trying their best. With a killer ensemble cast featuring Tony Lo Bianco, Sadie Stanley, Sebastian Maniscalco, and Jennifer Esposito, Somewhere in Queens cements Romano as not only a comedic legend, but a writing, directing, and acting triple-threat whose wide dramatic range is still being discovered. New York native Ray Romano's career in stand-up comedy led to his hit CBS series Everybody Loves Raymond. His film roles include the Academy Award®-nominated The Big Sick, Bad Education, with Hugh Jackman, Paddleton, with Mark Duplass, and Martin Scorsese's Academy Award®-nominated The Irishman, with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
This package also includes a casting conversation with the casting director for the film, the Vineyard’s very own Douglas Aibel! Douglas Aibel has cast some of the most iconic films and TV series of our time - including the Academy award winners Marriage Story, Manchester By The Sea and Dead Man Walking, and the Emmy Award winning Succession and Golden Globe winning Mozart In the Jungle. Among his many movie credits are The Grand Budapest Hotel, Signs, Frances Ha, Ad Astra, Moonrise Kingdom, Throughbreds, Limitless, The Squid and the Whale, The Devil All the Time, Spilit, Little Odessa, Unbreakable, Kinsey, and the upcoming The Many Saints of Newark. He is the recipient of numerous Artios Awards, as well as Emmy and BAFTA Nominations, and for his work as Vineyard Artistic Director, special OBIE, DRAMA DESK and LUCILLE LORTEL Awards.