John Waite

Parties in prime time are so passe this season we've decided to embrace all that is daytime and immerse ourselves in shows that are equal parts soap and opera. (Don't worry, next week we'll have realized the errors of our ways.) And the soap that seems to...

A summer night always seems better with live music. And in the coming months, there is certainly no shortage of packaged tours, festivals and concerts making their way through the Tri-state area. May 26 Mos Def Highline Ballroom, 9pm, $60. The innovate...

In the spring of 1978, as Rod Stewart watched "Hot Legs" run up the charts, "It's a Heartache" became a worldwide hit for Bonnie Tyler, a Welsh woman whose raspy voice was widely mistaken for Stewart's. Although it took decades, it was with typical nod-...

June 1 David Lee Roth. Diamond Dave and his diabolically diminishing hairline. Westbury Music Fair. 7 p.m. $40. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists. Fusing soft and hard. 11 p.m. Bowery Ballroom. $12. Zootopia. Featuring TLC, Ja Rule, Simple Plan, Ashanti,...

DEC. 23 8 PM PAX NIGHT OF JOY kirk franklin hosts, mich w. smith, stev curtis chapman, cece winans, jaci velasquez 12 MIDNIGHT WNET/13 SOUNDSTAGE Chris Isaak holiday music. DEC. 24 6 PM VH1 ACOUSTIC HOLIDAY CONCERT Brian Setzer, Smithereens, George...

----MOVIES---- DEC. 20 5 PM TOON DISNEY MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL DEC. 22 5 PM DISNEY MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL DEC. 23 8 PM ABC THE SANTA CLAUS Tim Allen. DEC. 24 2 PM ABC FAMILY MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL ----SERIES---- DEC. 17 [night of] 12...