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Micki Grant

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ComposerLyricistBook WriterActor 1929–2021 On stage 19631972

Micki Grant (born Minnie Louise Perkins, June 30, 1929 – August 22, 2021) was an American singer (soprano), actress, writer, and composer. She performed in Having Our Say (as Sadie Delaney), Tambourines to Glory and Jericho-Jim Crow both co-written by Langston Hughes, The Gingham Dog, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, and received three Tony Award nominations for her writing.

On stage 2 productions, 9 years

1963 Tambourines to Glory Little Theatre · Original · directed by Nikos Psacharopoulos 24 perf.
1972 Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Vinnette Carroll 1,065 perf.

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Also credited on2 works

Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope
Working

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In the literature8 passages

  • Revival cast (1964) : Jerry Orbach, Lauri Peters, Clifford David, Rita Gardner, Micki Grant, Hal Buckley, Nancy Andrews, Gershon Kingsley (musical director and pianist). MGM SE 4289–2 OC (complete on two records).ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • “Theater Music: Seven Views (George Abbott, Jerry Bock, Micki Grant, E. Y. Harburg, Richard Rodgers, Harvey Schmidt, Jule Styne).” In Playwrights, Lyricists, Composers on Theater , edited by Otis L. Guernsey Jr. (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974), 135–144.ebooks/Lambert, Philip/B00590X4L8 EBOK - Philip Lambert.txt
  • HOPE CLARKE, BOBBY HILL, MICKI GRANT, ARNOLD WILKERSON, ALEX BRADFORD in “DON'T BOTHER ME, | CAN’T COPE”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers — (music)/Susan Birkenhead (lyrics), Stephen se ‘Taylor /theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • COPE Conceived and Directed by Vinnette Carroll; Wntten by Micki Grant; Scenery, Richard .A. Miller; Costumes, Edna Watson; Lighting, B.'J. Sammler; Musical Direction and Arrangements, Danny Holgate; Associate Producer, Gordon Gray, Jr.; Production Supervisor, Sam Ellis; Assistant to the Producers, Roben Moeser; Presented in association w…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • Hope Clarke, Micki Grant, Arnold Wilkerson, Carl Bean, Charles E. Campbell, Bobby L. Hill, Willie James McPhalter, Gerald Francis, J. L. Harris, Leona Johnson, Philip A. Stampstheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt

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