Ongoing till August 16: Lea Salonga is back in Broadway form, starring in Rogers and Hammerstein's musical Cinderella at the CCP. Show times are at 8:00 p.m. on Fridays to Sundays and 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Call 891-9999.

Ongoing till August 24: Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) opens its 41 st season with Nic Tiongson's Noli At Fili Dekada 2000 (Dos Mil). Performances are on Fridays to Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at the PETA Theater Center, 5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, Quezon City. Call 410-0821 or 725-6244, or email petampro@yahoo.com.

August 1, 2, 3, 9, 10: Ballet Manila led by Lisa Macuja-Elizalde opens its 13th performance season with “ Halo-Halo Supreme,” a colorful and delightful mix of original Filipino neo-classical ballets at the Aliw Theater, Star City Complex, CCP Complex. Call 400-0292, 525-5967 or fax 404-3086, or email info@balletmanila.ph or visit www.balletmanila.ph.

August 8: Tanghalang Pilipino stages David Henry Hwang's Golden Child at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolention (CCP Little Theater) at 8:00 p.m. Call 832-1125 locals 1620/1621.

August 9 till Dec. 19: Repertory Philippines presents Disney's “Mulan” Jr. at Onstage Greenbelt 1 with weekend matinees and evening shows until the end of the year. Call 887-0710 or 891-9999, or email info@repertory-philippines.com.

August 10, 24 to September 7, 21: Theater Down South presents Rapunzel , a musical from the creators of the hit TV show “Friends,” onstage at the Insular Life Auditorium, Insular Life Corporate Centre, Insular Life Drive, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Call 891-9999.

August 13: The Samahan ng mga Papetir ng Pilipinas, in cooperation with CCP, presents Hindi Tao, Hindi Hayop…May Buhay.” For the first time, the pioneers of Philippine puppetry are coming together in one event including Teatro Mulat (rod), Anino (shadow), Roppets (hand), Tali Galaw (marionette), Black Theater of Manila (black theater), and Ony Carcamo (ventriloquism) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Call 912-7748, 439-1417 or email papetir@yahoogroups.com.

August 24: Songs for a New World, a musical by Jason Robert Brown, is showing onstage at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditiorium, RCBC Plaza , Makati City . Call 707-3739 or (0906) 331-5961 or email peachy.atilano@gmail.com.