Proudly Presents Chicago’s Entertainer Ron Hawking An exclusive dinner & show 4 course dinner includes- soup, salad, steak & shrimp, dessert (beverage, tax & gratuity not included) Cash Bar 6:00PM / Dinner seating at 7:00PM / Showtime at 8:00PM
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July 6th, 2010
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Ron Hawking 7PM Show at Francesca’s Famiglia
June 16th, 2010Ron Hawking @ 7PM
100 East Station Street, Barrington, IL, 60010
Tickets: $35 Ron Hawking is the consummate performer and his warmth and artistic versatility are reflected in his latest show Ron Hawking sings “One from the heart” Chicago Tribune Jazz critic writes, “Hawking has placed the spotlight where it belongs: On Him!”
Francesca’s Show a Huge Success
April 28th, 2010Ron Hawking cabaret show at Francesca’s was totally SOLD OUT and a huge success. We are in discussion about doing another show Saturday June 26th–Tickets going on sale soon.
Chicago Tribune Jazz Review
February 3rd, 2010Ron Hawking finally offers songs from his own heart
By Howard Reich
Chicago Tribune Jazz Critic
It has taken a very long time, but veteran Chicago singer Ron Hawking finally has found his own voice.
Having enjoyed considerable commercial success over the years paying tribute to Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Bobby Darin and other icons of his youth, Hawking belatedly has placed the spotlight where it belongs: on him.
“Ron Hawking Sings ‘One from the Heart,’ ” his new show at Davenport’s, proves what some listeners long have suspected: Hawking doesn’t need to do impersonations of a soused Dean Martin or a bewigged Willie Nelson or, Lord help us, a swaying, sun-glasses-wearing Ray Charles. Nor need Hawking build evening-length celebrations of other singer’s work.
Hawking’s light baritone, stylistic versatility and easygoing manner are worth savoring in their own right, as he demonstrated Saturday evening.
How many other singers of the non-rock persuasion, after all, can prove equally convincing in music of Irving Berlin and Billy Joel, jazz-tinged cabaret and Italian opera? How many can find something new to say in work that artists as far-flung as Mel Torme and Andrea Bocelli have branded their own?
Though virtually all the songs in “One from the Heart” have been recorded by numerous stars, Hawking’s versions often persuaded listeners to forget them – at least for as long as he was singing.
It takes a bold soul to perform Bocelli’s signature hit, the ubiquitous “Con Te Partiro,” particularly in a room as intimate – and vocally revealing – as Davenport’s. But there Hawking stood, stage center, accompanied only by pianist Mark Burnell, caressing the operatic lines with care and conviction. His sound never will fill La Scala, but its warmth and suppleness were more than enough for Chicago’s top cabaret.
If Hawking still finds himself performing Sinatra standards, he cannot be fully blamed: That’s the fate of practically any male who addresses the classic American song repertoire of the mid-20th Century. Sinatra simply recorded practically everything, much of it definitively.
Yet when Hawking sings this repertoire in his own show – rather than in a concert-length salute to Sinatra – he ventures further from Ol’ Blue Eyes’ classics than ever. The coy attitude Hawking brought to “The Best Is Yet to Come,” the nice-and-easy tempo he took on “I Get a Kick Out of You” and the unconventional phrasings he found in “The Way You Look Tonight” were pure Hawking, no one else.
And who knew Hawking could express such a jazz sensibility, and so keen a lyric interpretation, in the profound but tricky “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most”? Jazz rhythm drove Hawking’s version of Joel’s “New York State of Mind,” as well, the approach elegantly suiting the material.
If Hawking’s smart, he’ll view this show as the start of the next chapter of his career: Hawking sings Hawking.
hreich@tribune.com
“Ron Hawking Sings ‘One from the Heart’ ”
When: 8 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 20
Where: Davenport’s, 1383 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Admission: $35; 773-278-1830
Ron Hawking “Home For The Holidays!” Benefits The Fine Arts at Barrington High School
January 15th, 2010
Our private show at the Breakers Hotel in West Palm Beach Florida was a huge success–Here’s what some VIP’s attending the show had to say:
January 15th, 2010“Your performance for the Question Club was wonderful…It was just one terrific show. Thanks Ron and to your two talented ladies!”
Paul R. Bishop
Chairman & CEO
H-P Products, Inc.
“This is what entertainment excellence is all about!”
Jim Dickie ll
CEO Crown Equipment Corporation
Ron Hawking Valentine’s Show
January 15th, 2010
You Haven't seen Chicago Until You've seen
Ron Hawking...
His high-energy performance captivates audiences of all ages
with a unique fusion of
personality, music and class.
It’s an unforgettable experience! His charisma pours over you like pure velvet.
