Billy Van Zandt
Billy Van Zandt and his writing partner, the late Jane Milmore, are two of the most often produced playwrights in the world. Together for 46 years, they wrote and starred in 23 plays together, includi... Read more
Billy Van Zandt and his writing partner, the late Jane Milmore, are two of the most often produced playwrights in the world. Together for 46 years, they wrote and starred in 23 plays together, including the international hit comedy You’ve Got Hate Mail; off-Broadway’s tribute to slapstick comedy Silent Laughter; cult favorite Drop Dead; the Marx Bros.-inspired musical A Night at the Nutcracker and the summer stock perennial Love, Sex, and the I.R.S. Billy’s solo play The Property Known as Garland, starring Adrienne Barbeau, broke box office records at off-Broadway’s Actors’ Playhouse.The plays have been produced in thousands of theatres worldwide, including two productions directed by Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis (“Billy and Jane are funny, outrageous, off-the-chart writers/performers”) and one by film legend Burt Reynolds.