Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (producers of all of NBC's live musicals and the upcoming A Few Good Men Live) serve as executive producers of Hairspray Live! Live television director Alex Rudzinski will join director Kenny Leon (The Wiz Live!) for Hairspray Live!.
Snow White appears in the 2015 Disney Channel original movie, played by Stephanie Bennett. She appears at the coronation of Prince Ben as a reporter for the Auradon news network. She is surprised to learn that her stepmother's daughter, Evie, designed Mal's coronation gown.
Many consider Walt Disney's 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs the first animated feature film, though at least seven films were released earlier. However, Disney's film was the first one completely made using hand-drawn animation. The previous seven films, of which only four survive, were made using cutout, silhouette or stop motion, except for oneâalso made by Disney seven months prior to Snow White's releaseâAcademy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons.