The film was released in February of 1988 and was given a PG rating, making it the mildest rating a Waters film has received; most of Waters' previous films were rated "X" by the MPAA. In 2002, "Hairspray" was adapted into a Broadway musical (which won eight Tony Awards, including the Tony "Best Musical" in 2003. A second film version of Hairspray (which was an adaptation of the stage musical) was also released by New Line Cinema in 2007.