Dorothy Bishop

Dorothy Bishop is a variety entertainer, singer and comedienne from New York City who is best known for her musical parodies of Sarah Palin.^{[1][unreliable source?][2][broken citation]} She was born in Atlanta, U.S., and graduated from the Yale School of Music.

Her Off-Broadway credits include "The Sarah Palin Musical Spectacular" and "The Sarah Palin Election Day Spectacular" at the Laurie Beechman Theater in New York City.^{[3][unreliable source?][4]} Bishop is also known for her video parodies including "Going Rogue" and "The Ballad of Sarah Palin" with Lady Bunny.

She also is known for her cheeky classical crossover show "Viva la Diva," in which she celebrates the world's most beloved divas, from opera to pop.^[5] The 2008 debut of "Viva la Diva" at New York's Zipper Theater won a positive review from Gay City News: "One could almost imagine Bishop as the artistic love child of Eleanor Steber and Bette Midler conceived at the Continental Baths sometime between either diva's appearance there in the early '70s.... Vocally, the 'poperatic' soprano is able to sing scat, belt, and go from chesty growling to high coloratura, jumping registers and genres with the facility of the late Evel Knievel vaulting a pyre of burning cars."^[6]

Bishop has a classical background in opera and toured with Faye Dunaway in the first Broadway national tour of Terrence McNally's Tony Award winning play, Master Class. She has performed in such renowned New York venues as Carnegie Hall, Joe's Pub, Zipper Theatre and Town Hall.

Bishop was a nationally televised finalist on the fourth season of America's Got Talent on NBC. She was a co-presenter for the hookies with Leslie Jordan, and has been a guest on the Robin Byrd Show.

References

1. ^ Kenson Noel, "New York Post", 11/3/10, "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPWqC3C3RIo"
2. ^ Benjamin Solomon, "Next Magazine", 12/17/09, "http://www.nextmagazine.com/the-nexus/878"
3. ^ BWW News Desk, "BroadwayWorld.com", 11/2/10, "http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/THE_SARAH_PALIN_ELECTION_DAY_MUSICAL_SPECTACULAR_Plays_Laurie_Beechman_20101101"
4. ^ Thomas Peter, "Playbill.com", 10/15/10, "http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144012-The-Sarah-Palin-Election-Day-Musical-Spectacular-Will-Go-Rogue-at-the-Beechman"
5. ^ Colin MaClean, "Edmonton Sun", 8/20/09, "http://www.edmontonsun.com/entertainment/fringe/2009/08/20/10526021-sun.html"
6. ^ Eli Jacobson, "Gay City News", 08/10/08, "http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2008/07/10/gay_city_news_archives/opera/19843806.txt"

External links

• Dorothy Bishop on YouTube
• Dorothy Bishop at the Internet Movie Database

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