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Brooks was part of a directors panel at a festival celebrating the work of Ntozake Shange at the New Federal Theatre on February 11, 2007. Brooks has directed Shange's Boogie Woogie Landscapes at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and in London's West End.
In 2006, Trekweb and TrekToday announced that Avery Brooks would take a role in the upcoming film Rambo. Brooks himself later said this was not the case. He said "I've met Mr. Stallone, many years ago — I have great respect for Mr. Stallone, always did. However, Rambo is not in my future."
In March 2007, it was confirmed that Brooks would appear in a new production of Christopher Marlowe's play Tamburlaine.
As part of BBC Audiobooks America's entry into the US market, Brooks narrated an audiobook of Alex Haley's novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. It is the first time the novel has received an audio adaptation. Brooks himself had starred in the 1988 television film based on the book, Roots: The Gift.
Brooks has also completed work on his long-awaited CD. It contains "a selection of ballads and love songs... I speak of my respect for my father, and for artists that I have listened to all my life."
In August 2008, it was announced that Brooks will play Willy Loman in a new production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
Brooks also periodically attends Star Trek conventions around the world.
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