 In 1982 , Peters returned to the New York stage after an eight @-@ year absence in one of her few non @-@ musical stage appearances , the Off @-@ Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club production of the comedy @-@ drama Sally and Marsha , for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award . She then returned to Broadway as Dot / Marie in the Stephen Sondheim – James Lapine musical Sunday in the Park with George in 1984 , for which she received her third Tony Award nomination . The New York Times theatre critic Frank Rich called her performance " radiant " . She recorded the role for PBS in 1986 , winning a 1987 ACE Award . Her next role was in Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Song and Dance ( 1985 ) , winning her first Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance in the role of Emma . Frank Rich wrote in an otherwise negative review of the show that Peters " has no peer in the musical theater right now . " 
