Dorothy Bishop

Who is Dorothy Bishop?

Dorothy Bishop is an American variety entertainer, singer and comedienne from New York City who is best known for her musical parodies of Sarah Palin. She was born in Atlanta, United States, 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. 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. 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."