Photo Flash: Brian DÂ'Arcy James, Richard Thomas and More Celebrate Lapham's Quarterly's POLITICS at Joe's Pub

The night included selected readings and songs centered on politics, money, and power. Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham's Quarterly welcomed the guests, and the evening was emceed by Oskar Eustis.

They included Oliver Platt reading H. L. Mencken; Ari Graynor, Katherine Waterston and Emily Young reading a scene from Lysistrata by Aristophanes; Richard Thomas reading Timon of Athens; Brian d'Arcy James reading Campaign Promises by Mark Twain; Bryce Pinkham reading from Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Jay O. Sanders reading from Julius Caesar; Justin Levine, Heath Calvert and Emily Young singing "Rich People" from Michael Friedman and Alex Timber's adaptation of Love's Labor's Lost and Justin Levine singing David Byrnes' "God Draws Straight" from Here Lies Love.

For more information on Lapham's Quarterly Politics Event: Shakespeare & Company on Money and Power, please visit: http://bit.ly/T4bJqn

Photo Credit: Simon Luethi

Richard Thomas, Georgiana Bischoff, and Editor of Lapham's Quarterly Lewis Lapham

Oliver Platt and Katherine Waterston

Bryce Pinkham, Emily Young, and Lapham's Quarterly Director of Development Laurie Eustis

Heath Calvert and Lapham's Quarterly Director of Development Laurie Eustis

Lapham's Quarterly Director of Development and Lapham's Quarterly Editor Lewis Lapham

Editor of Lapham's Quarterly Lewis Lapham, Oliver Platt, and Lapham's Quarterly Director of Development Laurie Eustis

Hamish Linklater and Oliver Platt

Ari Graynor, Katherine Waterston, and Emily Young

Katherine Waterston, Ari Graynor, and Lapham's Quarterly Editor Lewis Lapham

Bryce Pinkham, Emily Young, and Justin Levine

Richard Thomas

Katherine Waterston, Ari Graynor, and Emily Young

Brian d'Arcy James