Craig Zadan on stage, featured prominently in Zadan's televised version. Chita Rivera appears in "Chicago" as "Nickie"; she played "Velma Kelly" in the original 1975 production. The film adaptation of "Hairspray" featured John Waters (writer/director) as "the flasher who lives next door;" Jerry Stiller ("Wilbur Turnblad") as "Mr. Pinky;" and Ricki Lake ("Tracy") as a reporter. On the soundtrack, Lake joins Nikki Blonsky and Marissa Jaret Winokur ("Tracy" from the Broadway production) to sing "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now" over the closing credits, and Harvey Fierstein (Broadway's "Edna") can be heard briefly soon after. Mink Stole ("Tammy" in the original film)
Dick Tracy (1990 film) and Euro Disney Resort called "Dick Tracy's Crime Stoppers" was planned but ultimately never built. "Dick Tracy" premiered at the Walt Disney World resort's Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on June 14, 1990. The film was released in the United States in 2,332 theaters on June 15, 1990, earning $22.54 million in its in opening weekend. This was the third-highest opening weekend of 1990. "Dick Tracy" eventually grossed $103.74 million in US totals and $59 million elsewhere, coming to a worldwide total of $162.74 million. "Dick Tracy" was also the ninth-highest-grossing film of America in 1990, and number