Rock 'N' Roll, The Artistic Home, through Nov. 18. Tom Stoppard's clever play channels the collapse of European Communism through rock music, centered on a Czech idealist and a British Communist. It's vigorously and intimately staged and performed. JA
The Scientific Method, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, through Dec. 2. Sexism, racism and backbiting in academic circles may not be big news nowadays, but when the arena is a laboratory for scientific research, even a cure for cancer can be held hostage. MSB
1776, Porchlight Music Theatre at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Nov. 14-15. Porchlight Revisits presents a concert version of 1776, with a killer cast that includes Joseph Anthony Foronda as Benjamin Franklin and Heather Townsend as John Dickensen. CES
Neverland, Prop Thtr, through Dec. 2; Peter Pan, Bros Do Prose at the Mercury Theater, through Dec. 23. You've got two Peter Pan options this month, with Prop and Bros Do Prose both telling the story of the boy who refused to grow up. If you're a J.M. Barrie aficionado, this is your season. CES
By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Sullivan