BILLY VAN ZANDT author of Get in the Car, Jane (Adventures in the TV Wasteland) and Because it’s Funny! together with long-time partner, the late Jane Milmore, he’s written 25 plays that have been produced on Boadway and around the world in thousands of productions.
Billy received an Emmy nomination, as well as People’s Choice, Prism, and NAACP Image Awards for his work writing and producing many of TV’s favorite sit-coms. As an actor he’s worked with Lucille Ball, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, Don Rickles, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bob Newhart, Richard Lewis, Martin Lawrence, the Wayans Bros., Matthew Perry, Olympia Dukakis, Karl Malden, Huntz Hall, JoAnne Worley, DL Hughley, Mrs. Maisel, That Girl Lay Lay, a shark name Bruce, and the crew of the Starship Enterprise.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Teresa Ganzel (along with his dogs, Chloe and Bear), when he’s not touring in one of his plays, or visiting the Middletown, New Jersey, street he grew up on –now called “Van Zandt Way.”
For more info go to www.vanzandtmilmore.com.