Saw a matinee in December 2003, and I thought Peters was wonderful. I wish I could remember more specifics about her performance, but I saw LuPone do it so many times that her interpretation became boilerplate in my mind. I recall Bernadette visibly playing up her s*x appeal to secure Herbie in Act I. I do wonder what may have been had Arthur Laurents not intervened, telling Mendes how to direct Gypsy.
