Our top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include RuPaul's Drag Race, Once Upon a Time, Jack Andraka, Kelly Clarkson, and Julianne Moore's new film, Maps to the Stars.
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Our top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include RuPaul's Drag Race, Once Upon a Time, Jack Andraka, Kelly Clarkson, and Julianne Moore's new film, Maps to the Stars.
10. MUSIC: "I'm a Ruin," Marina and the Diamonds
We're loving this return to form from the idiosyncratic British singer. "I'm a Ruin," the first single off Marina's third album, Froot, harkens back to her unforgettable song "I Am Not a Robot." Sad and uplifting at the same time, "I'm a Ruin" highlights Marina's distinctive, crystalline voice. Marina performs at Coachella in April, while Froot drops April 6. -- Neal Broverman
9. EVENT: Heartstrings, featuring Tyler's Suite
The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles will pay tribute to Tyler Clementi, the gay college student lost to suicide after cyberbullying in 2010, Saturday by performing Tyler's Suite, an eight-movement choral piece, as part of its Heartstrings concert. The all-male string quartet Well-Strung (pictured) will be the chorus's guest for this performance, set for 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, the first stop on the Tyler's Suite tour. The suite, composed under the direction and with the participation of Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, premiered last year in San Francisco and will be performed in Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Dallas, and New York after the L.A. date. Click here to read more about the suite, including an interview with Tyler's mother, Jane Clementi. Order tickets for the L.A. performance here and find other dates at the Tyler Clementi Foundation's website. -- Trudy Ring
7. TV: Once Upon a Time
We don't know much about Once Upon a Time, but we do know this: the series features live-action versions of some of the fiercest Disney villainesses of all time. Maleficent (Kristen Bauer van Straten (Pam from True Blood!)), Cruella de Vil (Victoria Smurfit), and Ursula (Merrin Dungey) have reportedly joined forces as a fabulous trifecta known as the Queens of Darkness. They were summoned together by Rumplestiltskin, who among other diabolic duties was tasked with into spinning straw into gold for ABC. Tune in to the premiere Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern on ABC to see them wreak amazing chaos together. -- Daniel Reynolds
5. THEATER: The Book of Merman
After a sold-out world premiere run earlier this year at Mary's Attic in Chicago, Pride Films and Plays' The Book of Merman moves to the Apollo Theater Studio for six more weeks of performances in the Windy City. Leo Schwartz's play envisions two Mormon missionaries ringing the doorbell of a certain E.M. in a small town and coming face-to-face with the legendary Broadway diva Ethel Merman. The show abounds in song parodies, drawing on The Book of Mormon and many shows associated with Merman, and carries a message of self-acceptance. "This meeting of squeaky-clean, fresh-faced, sexually-stunted Utah goody goodies with the brassy, bumptious, leather-lunged Queen of Broadway yields a very pleasant parody-tribute, a transformative romp that fully earns its delicious title," says critic Lawrence Bommer on the website Stage and Cinema. The Apollo run opened last night and goes through April 5; get tickets and info here. -- Trudy Ring
1. TV: RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7
Has it really been seven seasons since RuPaul, Santino Rice, and Merle Ginsberg first entered the judges' booth to assess the charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent of drag contestants like Ongina, Tammie Brown, Nina Flowers, and that shady, shady queen Rebecca Glasscock? Next Monday, none of those people will be on RuPaul's Drag Race except RuPaul, but a host of fresh-faced new judges and drag queens will be seeking fame and glory on channel 1272 of DirecTV. An A-list panel of celebrity guest judges, including Jessica Alba, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, and Rebecca Romijn, is just the icing on the cake and is testament to the power of the gays, which grows daily. RuPaul's Drag Race premieres Monday at 9 p.m. Eastern on Logo TV. Watch the teaser below. -- Daniel Reynolds