Micki Grant
| Micki Grant | |
|---|---|
 Grant (right) with Barbara Rodell on the daytime drama, Another World, 1968. | |
| Born | Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Stage, television actress |
Micki Grant (born June 30, 1941 )[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 "The Blacks" (with James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson), and in "Brecht on Brecht", in which she sang (among other things) "Pirate Jenny". 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 one of the first African-American cast members of a daytime soap opera (preceded by Rex Ingram on The Brighter Day, when she played the role of legal secretary Peggy Harris Nolan on NBC's Another World. She later appeared on ABC's The Edge of Night, replacing Billie Allen as Ada Chandler.
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, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers and Susan Birkenhead
- It's So Nice to Be Civilized (1980) – musical – book, music and lyrics
