MARK ROTHKO A central figure among the abstract expressionists who emerged in New York in the late 1940s, Mark Rothko brought a new sense of drama into abstract art. In his large floating rectangles of color, which seem to engulf the spectator, he explored the ...
Timeline 1903 Born September 25, in Dvinsk, Russia, to Jacob Rothkowitz and Anna Goldin Rothkowitz. 1913 Emigrates with his family to Portland, Oregon. 1921 Attends Yale University for two years. 1923 Moves to New York City. Begins classes at the Art Students League. Late 1920s ...
Originally published on PBS SoCal In this exclusive clip of “Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage,” a special co-presentation of “VOCES” and “American Masters,” actor Orson Bean recounts his discovery of Raúl in the early 1960’s in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Blown away by Raúl’s performance ...
Written by Tiffany Vazquez and originally published on PBS SoCal Stream the entire episode of “Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage,” a special co-presentation of “VOCES” and “American Masters.” One of the first things I noticed about my culture growing up was the amount of ...
Raúl Juliá's younger sister Maria recalls the story of going to the exclusive New York City club Studio 54 with her famous older brother.
WATCH CLIP
Written by Monica Castillo and originally published on PBS SoCal Raúl Juliá wasn’t just an actor; he was also a singer, an activist, a loving father and he was always a consummate artist. The man who would become Gomez Addams for millions of fans around ...
by Elisa Lichtenbaum This month, in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, American Masters and Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES present Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage, the first documentary about the legendary and influential Puerto Rican actor whose versatile work on stage and screen includes ...
Esai Morales looks back at the legacy of his friend and co-star Raúl Juliá, and discusses what made him acting and the energy he had as a performer.
WATCH CLIP
Featuring new interviews with Rita Moreno, Edward James Olmos, John Leguizamo, Anjelica Huston, Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, James Earl Jones, Andy Garcia and many others. From award-winning director Ben DeJesus (Great Performances: John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway, John Leguizamo: Tales from a Ghetto Klown), Raúl ...
Two of the greatest actors of their generation unleash their powers in this clip from Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage that features rare, archival footage of Joseph Papp's 1978 Shakespeare in the Park production of The Taming of the Shrew. Raúl Juliá plays Petruchio, ...
WATCH CLIP