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Cleveland Play House wins regional Tony

NEW YORK

This year’s Regional Theater Tony Award will go to the Cleveland Play House as it embarks on its centennial season.

The Play House was founded in 1915 and has entertained some 12 million people over 1,300 productions. Its alumni include Paul Newman, Tony Award-winner Joel Grey and “Wizard of Oz” wicked witch Margaret Hamilton.

Plays that have made their premieres at the Playhouse include Tennessee Williams’ “You Touched Me”; Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage”; “The Pleasure of Honesty” by Luigi Pirandello; and Arthur Miller’s “The Archbishop’s Ceiling.”

Sawyer Sweeten of ‘Raymond’ dies at 19

NEW YORK

Sawyer Sweeten, who played one of Ray Romano’s twin sons in the CBS comedy “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has died. He was 19.

Sweeten committed suicide, his sister, Madylin Sweeten, said in a statement. There were no other details. Madylin, Sawyer and his twin brother, Sullivan, played the children in the sitcom’s fictional Barone family.

The hit comedy aired for nine seasons before ending in 2005. Sawyer Sweeten was a toddler when the series began.

Associated Press