Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

November 6, 2020

Both Your Houses

I was determined to witness the moment when Joe Biden overtook the Orange Thug in Pennsylvania. I plopped down on the sofa in the living room under the illusion that this might happen at 2AM (which is about the time I usually go to sleep). I didn’t want to watch TV nonstop, so I thought Continue reading

Broadway, drama, film adaptation, playwriting, Pulitzer Prize, theater

Both Your Houses, Frank Capra, Jean Arthur, Jim Carrey, Jimmy Stewart, Joeseph Biden, Joseph McBride, Lewis R. Forster, Maxwell Anderson, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Political Play, Richard Nixon, Sidney Buchman

About Me

I’m a playwright, journalist, theater historian, teacher and sometime director, dramaturg, songwriter and performer. This looks like a list, but they all feel part of the same impulse to me — to be useful in the theater. (I’ve also done some writing for screen and audio.) Feel free to contact me at jeffreysweet.playwright@gmail.com.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Both Your Houses