Stage Pick: Macbeth

Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy—the gruesome, bloody, murderous play superstitious theatre folks call “The Scottish Play”—is driven by the power-mad couple at its center: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Big Idea Theatre’s Scott Devine, who adapted and directed the play, takes an Akira Kurosawa-cum-1950s “Hammer Horror Films” approach, creating what he calls “a roller coaster ride of fun and terror.” Hey, it’s almost Halloween.