 In 2007 , Peters helped the Broadway community celebrate the end of the stagehand strike in a " Broadway 's Back " concert at the Marquis Theatre . In 2008 , she was one of the participants in a fund @-@ raiser for the Westport Country Playhouse , and in the opening ceremony and dedication of the renovated TKTS discount ticket booth in Times Square . That year , she also presented New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg with the Humanitarian Award at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation awards . On March 8 , 2009 , she helped celebrate the last birthday of Senator Ted Kennedy ( singing " There Is Nothin ' Like a Dame " ) in a private concert and ceremony held at the Kennedy Center , hosted by Bill Cosby , with many Senators , Representatives , and President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama in attendance . On November 19 , 2009 , she helped to celebrate the opening of The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center . 
