ABSTRACT
In 1973, Micki Grant became the first woman to win a Grammy for Best Musical Score Album for the Broadway production Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope, conceived and directed by Vinnette Carroll. Ms. Grant’s other Broadway productions as lyricist or composer include Your Arms Too Short to Box with God, Working, and It’s So Nice to Be Civilized. A three-time Tony nominee for writing and an Obie for acting, Ms. Grant shares her early life as a child performer in Chicago to performing and composing on “the Great White Way” in New York.
