Showbiz' ultimate leading man takes on Rizal's alter-ego on the musical stage

'Prayers, please,' that he and the production do well was multi-awarded actor Piolo Pascual's self-effacing reply to The T-Zone's congratulatory message following his first public performance this week as local musical theater's latest Ibarra. Singing live with a lone piano accompaniment, he passionately delivered a soaring snippet from 'Kanser,' the prize-winning musical adaptation of Jose Rizal's 'Noli Me Tangre' by Jomar Fleras at the GSIS Museum.