Avery Brooks: What Has He Been Up To?

Ever wonder what happened to 'A Man Called Hawk'?

Avery Brooks – that actor who garnered mainstream fame on the hit ABC series 'Spenser: For Hire' and its above-mentioned spin-off – is still working his magic and mesmerizing audiences in the process.

It's not on the small screen though; the baritone-voiced thespian is all the way live.

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Though he has appeared as King Lear at the Yale Repertory Theater and most recently as Othello at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C., the former 'Star Trek Deep Space Nine' star has found a place in the theater realm.

The Evansville, Indiana native recently directed 'God's Trombone' -- Craig Harris's brilliant new musical theater work interpreting James Weldon Johnson's 1927 collection of sermons by traveling African-American preachers.

The tour-de-force production recently performed a sold-out engagement as part of Harlem Stage's WaterWorks series at New York City's Aaron Davis Hall before making its way to Milan, Italy where they played at the Teatro Manzoni.

A Shakespearean actor of great credibility, Brooks previously appeared at Aaron Davis Hall in 'Paul Robeson,' the play about the great activist, actor and scholar and was the singing lead in the Anthony Davis opera.

"Many people do not know that Avery is an incredible musician and vocalist," Harris said in an interview about the show. "I have known Avery for 20 odd years and since I worked with him before, I called him and he was delighted to do this project. I think ... Avery is a prolific person and studied artist."

Brooks is currently a tenured professor of theater at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he was the school's first Black MFA graduate in acting and directing.