Nancy's New Music for 2024!

Introducing...
HEART LIKE A TRAIN - 12" Vinyl Album
available on the heels of her successful UK Tour while supplies last! 
It includes the International hit Come Dance with Me and
 Heart Like a Train ​as well as songs by Nancy Hays & the Heffernans,
​and never heard before songs written by Nancy and Country Music Hall of Fame songwriters.

Nancy has written or co-written 8 of the 16 tracks on the album. The album includes interesting liner notes, Copperknob info for dancers, an inner jacket scrapbook and pictorial of Nancy with stars she has worked with over the course of her career. (SEE BELOW)

The album is also available on all streaming services.

NANCY'S TRAIN JUST CAME ROLLING THROUGH FOR HER fall 2024 UK tour”

Nancy Introduces UK Tour on WGN’s Spotlight Chicago! 

heart like a train music video!

This video features not only Nancy but also her daughter,
Caroline Heffernan, (Lifetime Movie/Stolen, Guest Star, NBC’s Chicago Med, stage actress at Steppenwolf, Geffen Playhouse, and others).

LEARN THE LINE DANCE at dancewithnancy.com

ALSO AVAILABLE:
"Come Dance with Me" 
​Red T-Shirts
in sizes S, M, L, XL or 2XL.


DANCE WITH NANCY!

Nancy offers dance instruction in ballroom, swing, latin, lindy hop, wedding day, party, country line and partner dance tutorials at DanceWithNancy.com. Nancy's music and step sheets are available here. 

CHECK OUT NANCY'S
​LINE DANCING APPEARANCE ON DAYTIME CHICAGO!

NEW PRESS!

NANCY ANNOUNCES HER UK TOUR!
https://www.cheyennepromotions.co.uk/NancyHaysUKtour.html

​"Rising Music Star Nancy Hays Of Line Dance Country Phenomenon On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Music Industry"
https://medium.com/authority-magazine/rising-music-star-nancy-hays-of-line-dance-country-phenomenon-on-the-five-things-you-need-to-shine-4a12cdd21f19

​"Discover Country Singer Nancy Hays"
https://www.bigcountrylegends.com/news/big-country/discover-country-singer-nancy-hays/
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https://www.froggy1003.com/news/big-country/discover-country-singer-nancy-hays/

come cruise with nancy this spring!



​check out more of  recordings OF NANCY & her family on HeffernanTalent.com

Judy & Liza:
​"Once in a Lifetime" 

Nancy has been performing an adaptation of the Judy & Liza Palladium Concert with her very own daughter, Mary Heffernan in 2022-2023, most recently in Palm Springs, CA. The two first joined forces for “Judy, Liza, & More, A Mother’s Day Concert”. The duo received critical acclaim and were featured in a Chicago Tribune feature article.
​Look out for future performances!

Check out the reviews HERE
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For more information on this show visit: JudyLizaTribute.com 


LISTEN TO nancy's audiobookS

Nancy's audiobook narrations on Audible.com can now be previewed online!

Check out nancy's musical theater and film reels!

reviews of nancy:

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“A central performance from Nancy Hays that emphasizes vocal style and finesse."
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
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​“A comic touch by the delightful Nancy Hays”
​Alan Bresloff,
Around Town Chicago Review ,
The Pirates of Penzance
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"M'Lynn, Shelby's mother and friend of the other women, is played perfectly by Nancy Hays, who accurately shows the delicate balance of love, pride and fear, mothers have for their children." 
Sammantha Pidde,
My Carroll County News
​Steel Magnolias
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"Nancy Hays truly shines as Tennessee Williams’ fading southern belle, this actress absolutely commands the stage."
Colin Douglas,
Chicago Theatre Review,
The Glass Menagerie
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Ms. Hays, has a gorgeous, velvety voice and a captivating smile."
Colin Douglas, Chicago Theatre Review

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"Nancy Hays nearly threatens to walk off with the show..."
Patrick O’Brien, Chicagoland Musical Theater Review

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"Hays did a wonderful job emulating a tumultuous mother-and-daughter relationship while also convincing us of her unconditional love for her daughter"
Robert Harling,
River Cities Reader Review
​Steel Magnolias
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“Nancy Hays is deliciously sexy Hedy LaRue. Nancy plays Hedy as if the role were written expressly for her”
​Colin Douglass,
​Chicago Theater Review
"As for Hays, her performance was especially stellar when it came to the play's more serious and dramatic scenes. In fact, the woman seated next to me began to sob uncontrollably during the parts in which Hays was lamenting her daughter’s circumstances." 
Robert Harling,
River Cities Reader Review
​Steel Magnolias
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"Hays never drops her energy. She can hoof up a storm to Clayton Cross’s spirited choreography..." 
Stage and Cinema, Lawrence Bommer
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​“Very sexy Nancy Hays as Hedy LaRue (she is a delight)”
Alan Bresloff,
Around Town Chicago
"...Nancy Hays, as Mame Dennis, is a fabulous Mame."
 Tom Williams, Chicago Critic​
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​“Skilled comedienne,
Nancy Hays”
Lawrence Bommer, Stage and Cinema 



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“The leading lady of Light Opera Works's 50th-anniversary revival of the show, belter Nancy Hays, looks good and sounds great”
Chicago Reader by Albert Williams​
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“Nancy Hays nails Hedy’s voice while playing her lovable enough to avoid the groan-worthy stereotype of office bombshell”
Ellen Beth Gill, 
​Splash Magazine Review