The Public Theater announced Jan. 29 that the 53rd season of Shakespeare in the Park will kick off with The Tempest, starring Academy Award nominee Sam Waterston ("The Newsroom," King Lear, Hamlet). The production, which marks Waterston's 13th Shakespearean role at the Public, will be followed by Cymbeline.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AM on January 29, 2015