I'm going to go ahead and reveal that each of these six films features at least one actor recreating a role they created on Broadway in the stage version.
In Damn Yankees, Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston were allowed to reprise the roles of Lola and Applegate that they created on Broadway.
In Come Back Little Sheba Shirley Booth reprised her Broadway role as Lola Delaney
In the 1977 film version of Equus, Peter Firth reprised his Broadway role as Alan Strang
In A Streetcar Named Desire, the entire original Broadway cast reprised their roles, with the exception of Jessica Tandy as Blanche. Her role in the film version went to Vivien Leigh,
In The Man Who Came to Dinner, Monty Wooley reprised his role as Sheridan Whiteside.
In The Wiz, Ted Ross was the only actor from the Broadway cast who was allowed to reprise his role as The Cowardly Lion
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In Damn Yankees, Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston were allowed to reprise the roles of Lola and Applegate that they created on Broadway.
In Come Back Little Sheba Shirley Booth reprised her Broadway role as Lola Delaney
In the 1977 film version of Equus, Peter Firth reprised his Broadway role as Alan Strang
In A Streetcar Named Desire, the entire original Broadway cast reprised their roles, with the exception of Jessica Tandy as Blanche. Her role in the film version went to Vivien Leigh,
In The Man Who Came to Dinner, Monty Wooley reprised his role as Sheridan Whiteside.
In The Wiz, Ted Ross was the only actor from the Broadway cast who was allowed to reprise his role as The Cowardly Lion
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