6 . ▁ ▁On ▁Broadway , ▁the ▁show ▁achieved ▁critical ▁acc laim ▁and ▁word - of - mouth ▁popular ity . ▁The ▁production ' s ▁eth n ically ▁diverse ▁principal ▁cast ▁originally ▁included ▁T aye ▁Dig gs , ▁Wilson ▁Jer ma ine ▁Her edia , ▁J esse ▁L . ▁Martin , ▁Id ina ▁M enz el , ▁Adam ▁Pascal , ▁Anthony ▁R app , ▁D aph ne ▁Rub in - V ega ▁and ▁Fred i ▁Walker . ▁ ▁The ▁production ' s ▁controvers ial ▁topics ▁and ▁innov ative ▁pr icing , ▁including ▁same ▁day - of - per formance ▁$ 2 0 ▁tick ets , ▁helped ▁to ▁increase ▁the ▁popular ity ▁of ▁musical ▁the ater ▁amongst ▁the ▁younger ▁generation . ▁ ▁The ▁production ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁ten ▁Tony ▁Awards ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁and ▁won ▁four : ▁Best ▁Musical , ▁Best ▁Book , ▁Best ▁Original ▁Sc ore ▁and ▁Best ▁Performance ▁by ▁a ▁Fe ature d ▁A ctor ▁in ▁a ▁Musical ▁( Her edia ) ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁original ▁Broadway ▁cast ▁reun ited ▁for ▁a ▁one - night ▁performance ▁of ▁the ▁musical ▁at ▁the ▁Nederland er ▁Theatre . ▁This ▁performance ▁raised ▁over ▁$ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁the ▁Jonathan ▁Lar son ▁Perform ing ▁Arts ▁Foundation , ▁Fri ends ▁In ▁De ed ▁and ▁New ▁York ▁Theatre ▁Work shop . ▁Form er ▁cast ▁members ▁were ▁invited , ▁and ▁many ▁from ▁prior ▁t ours ▁and ▁former ▁Broadway ▁cast