She's now preparing to return to Broadway this fall in the August Wilson drama, Gem of the Ocean.

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She's had some wonderful roles in August Wilson's plays, but I don't know that people really know her outside of the New York theater world.

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The 1987 production of "Fences, " the only August Wilson box-office hit, struggled to bring in African-American audiences, as did Russell Simmons's "Def Poetry Jam" in 2002.

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August Wilson, Tennessee Williams, that kind of thing.

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"I always say there's a group between Tyler Perry fans and August Wilson fans that hasn't been tapped, " Mr. Byrd observed one recent morning in an interview following a "bagels and beignets" press conference to introduce the "Streetcar" stars.

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Shortly before they deployed in August, the Millers revisited family memories at Fort Bragg's Wilson Park -- the same spot where the couple picnicked with their toddler son and daughter years ago.

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