Micki+Grant

Micki Grant (born June 30, 1941, Chicago)[1] is an American singer (soprano) actress, writer and composer. She performed in Having Our Say (as Sadie Delaney), Tambourines to Glory and Jericho-Jim Crow, The Gingham Dog, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope and has received three Tony Award nominations for her writing. In the early 1960s, she appeared off-Broadway in Jean Genet's "Black on Black" (with James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson), and in "Brecht on Brecht", in which she sang (among other things) "The Ballad of Barbara Schuman". In 1964, Grant appeared as 'Ella Hammer' in the Howard da Silva's off-Broadway revival of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock, opposite Jerry Orbach and Rita Gardner. In 1965, Micki Grant became the first African-American cast member of a daytime soap opera, when she played the role of Peggy Harris Nolan on NBC's Another World.

Much of her early work was done with director Vinnette Carroll,[2] the first African-American woman to direct on Broadway. They collaborated on Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope and Your Arms Too Short to Box With God, both enjoying critical acclaim and long Broadway runs. (source: [])



Micki Grant remains a multi-talented actress/singer/author/composer who began her theatrical career in a group known as the Center Aisle Players. She is the author/composer of the award-winning musical "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" in which she also starred. She made her Broadway debut as the ingenue in noted poet/playright Langston Hughes' "Tambourines to Glory". Ms. Grant has appeared in numerous plays and musicals, on Broadway and in regional theatre, such as "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", "Brecht on Brecht", "The Cradle Will Rock", Leonard Bernstein's "Theatre Songs", and "Funnyhouse of a Negro" among them. Of the multiple shows for which she has been both lyricist and composer, the most notable, arguably, were "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God" and "Working" which was adapted from Stud Terkel's book of the same name. She has been the recipient of Grammy, Drama Desk, NAACP Image, Outer Critics' Circle, and Obie awards. She performed throughout the country in the mid-1990s as "Sadie Delaney" in the stage play "Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters' First 100 Years". An enduring and remarkable talent, she additionally has historical significance, having been one of the first Black daytime contract players on network television with running performances on soap operas "The Edge of Night", "Guiding Light", and a seven year run as attorney "Peggy Nolan" on NBC's "Another World". ( source: [] )

Writing credits ▪ Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (1971) – musical ▪ Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1976) – musical ▪ Working (1978) – musical – music and lyrics with Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, and James Taylor ▪ It's So Nice to Be Civilized (1980) – musical

Video/Music "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (1971) -Composed by Micki Grant [] "I Gotta Keep Moving"- Alex Bradford & Micki Grant []

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