Micki Grant

Micki Grant
Grant (right) with Barbara Rodell on the daytime drama, Another World, 1968.
Born	June 30, 1941 (1941-06-30) (age 70) Chicago, Illinois
Occupation	Stage, television actress

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.

Writing credits

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

References

1. ^ Dictionary of the Black Theatre by Allen Woll, Greenwood Press, 1983, ISBN 0-313-22561-3, pg 210
2. ^ A Century of Musicals in Black and White by Bernard L. Peterson, Jr, Greenwood Press, 1993, ISBN 0-313-26657-3, pg 111.

External links

• Micki Grant at the Internet Movie Database
• Micki Grant at the Internet Broadway Database

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Name	Grant, Micki
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	June 30, 1941
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
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