Where his dance troupe is concerned, choreographer Jakari Sherman bears this motto: “Once a Step Afrikan, always a Step Afrikan.” No one feels that sentiment more keenly than the star of Broadway’s “Stomp,” Ryan Johnson, who returns to his roots this weekend to perform with Step Afrika and the Washington Performing Arts Society’s Children of the Gospel Choir in three performances at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Sidney Harman Hall.

Recommended Stories

Who and what Democrats will go after if they win

Manufacturers are rigging the repair market

Which demographics must turn out to ensure Byron Donalds keeps Florida red