Theatre Trivia Tweet: Peters Makes a Splash! Early in her career Bernadette Peters appeared in numerous shows in which she won praise. One was a musical that was a parody of the Busby Berkeley movies of the 1930s. She played Ruby in the show. What show was it? SelectReveal Answer> Peters played the lead in Dames at Sea and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance (1968). Post navigation previous postNext Post