True blood: After a year of outdoor and virtual productions, Blackfriars Playhouse roars back to life with Macbeth at the center of its fall season. Shakespeare’s renowned drama dives into the dark underbelly of politics, war, and ambition, plus a coven of meddling witches whose incantations have caused centuries of thespians to consider the play cursed — so much so that they won’t utter the title, and refer to it as “the Scottish play.”
Through 11/26, $33-37, 7:30pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St. americanshakespearecenter.com.