About This Show

Academy Award nominee Sam Waterston (Newsroom, Law & Order, the Public’s King Lear) returns in The Tempest, Shakespeare’s classic about young love, old enemies and the eternal magic of storytelling. Exiled to a fantastical island, Prospero unleashes a storm to shipwreck the traitor brother who stole his throne and settle the score once and for all. But bitter revenge is upended by newfound love in this sublime masterpiece that proves we are all “such stuff as dreams are made on.” Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Romeo and Juliet, Our Lady of Kibeho, If/Then, Next to Normal) directs.

Tickets to Shakespeare in the Park are always free to the public. Up to two tickets per person can be acquired in-person on the day of a performance when the box office opens at noon, up until curtain time. Please note that people do line up for tickets early as there is a limited availability. Alternatively, online reservations can be made by lottery for every performance. Click “Get Tickets” for more information.

Show Details

Dates: First Preview: May 27, 2015 Opening Night: June 16, 2015 Final Performance: July 5, 2015

Theatermania Review

| | June 16, 2015
The Public’s production of Shakespeare’s last romance plays on themes of master and servant.

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