Get all the top news & discounts for San Francisco & beyond. I chatted with Townsend on Martin Luther King Day from his home base in Southern California where he was putting finishing touches on his ...

ST. LOUIS — Hollywood veteran and independent film trailblazer Robert Townsend is returning to the stage, and to St. Louis, with his deeply personal one-man show Living the Shuffle, performing two ...

Robert Townsend is truly an actor who’s managed to do it all, from gracing the stage in experimental Shakespeare productions to directing film satires jabbing at the hypocrisy at Hollywood. Any ‘80s ...

Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This fourth and final volume in the Partners in Crime collection features ...

Robert Townsend reflects on his career and his St. Louis show at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday night.